qualifying
part of speech
verb form (present participle of qualify); adjective (a qualifying round, qualifying exam); noun (qualifying — the stage of a sport)
meaning for a pupil
1) Qualifying is the -ing form of qualify: trying to earn a place, pass the rules or count as something. tree →
2) As an adjective, a qualifying round, race or match decides who goes through to the next stage. tree →
3) (sport) "Qualifying" can be a noun for the practice races that decide starting places, as in motor racing. tree →
sense in the lessons
In sport the qualifying stage comes before the main event: only teams that do well in qualifying go to the finals. In money, a "qualifying purchase" or "qualifying age" is one that meets the rules. In maths word problems, the qualifying numbers are the ones that meet the condition. In grammar, a qualifying word limits another word.
examples
- She ran fast in the qualifying race and made the final. tree →
- Our school is in the qualifying round of the chess cup. tree →
- He crashed during qualifying, so he started the race last. tree →
- The qualifying age for the junior team is under 11. tree →
- Ireland are still qualifying for the World Cup. tree →
- Only qualifying entries will be judged. tree →
- Circle the qualifying numbers: those bigger than 20. tree →
note
No e before -ing: qualify → qualifying (keep the y). "Qualifying" (the round) comes before "the finals". In everyday talk "qualifiers" means qualifying matches.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «qualifying» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.