Membership
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of being a member of a group or organization. countable, uncountable
"The terms of membership agreement were vague."
- 2 the body of members of an organization or group wordnet
- 3 The body of members of an organization. countable, uncountable
"The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention."
- 4 the state of being a member wordnet
- 5 The fact of being a member of a set. countable, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To classify (someone) as belonging to a certain group or community. transitive
"Whatever the topic of the conversation the speaker must ‘membership’ his listener, put him into one of two or more mutually exclusive boxes. Each time a topic changes the listener must be re-membershipped, and during a conversation the same person may be membershipped as a doctor, a rugby player, a liberal, a gardener, a bridge player."
Example
More examples"Each member has to pay a membership fee."
Etymology
From member + -ship.
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