(grammar) Also called qualifier. a word or phrase that qualifies the sense of another word; for example, the noun alarm is a modifier of clock in alarm clock and the phrase every day is an adverbial modifier of walks in he walks every day.
Definition of guild. 1  1 : an association of people with similar interests or pursuits; especially : a medieval association of merchants or craftsmen. 2  2 : a group of organisms that use the same ecological resource in a similar way a feeding guild.
association. n. any group of people who have joined together for a particular purpose, ranging from social to business, and usually meant to be a continuing organization.It can be formal, with rules and/or by-laws, membership requirements and other trappings of an organization, or it can be a collection of people without structure.hat this Association has heard read, with feelings of unmingled satisfaction, and unqualified approval, the paper communicated by Samuel Pickwick, Esq. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context. He saw that this association was a mere anchor to save him from self-contempt.