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Membership

noun, verb

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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From member + -ship.

Etymology 2

From member + -ship.

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