What does membership mean?

Definitions for membership
ˈmɛm bərˌʃɪpmem·ber·ship

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word membership.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. membership, ranknoun

    the body of members of an organization or group

    "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

  2. membershipnoun

    the state of being a member

Wiktionary

  1. membershipnoun

    The state of being a member of a group or organization.

    He has memberships in clubs in three cities.

  2. membershipnoun

    The body of members of an organization.

    The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.

  3. membershipnoun

    The fact of being a member of a set.

ChatGPT

  1. membership

    Membership refers to the state of belonging to or being part of a group or an organization as a member. It implies affiliated status either as an individual or collectively, often involving a subscription, acceptance of terms or conditions, participating in activities, or having a specific role in the group. Membership can apply to a variety of contexts, such as clubs, societies, associations, online platforms, or even contractual agreements.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Membershipnoun

    the state of being a member

  2. Membershipnoun

    the collective body of members, as of a society

Editors Contribution

  1. membership

    The act and process of being a member.

    Membership of the european union has been granted to other countries to ensure the redistribution of wealth across Europe.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 6, 2020  

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'membership' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2037

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'membership' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1815

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'membership' in Nouns Frequency: #876

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of membership in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of membership in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of membership in a Sentence

  1. Michael Hickey:

    We pride ourselves in the diversity of our chapter membership and racism is against the moral ethics of our local and national organization.

  2. Nick Schwellenbach:

    It's still an industry attempt to influence the committee's makeup and the scientific advice it would ultimately provide. But the attempt likely happened too late after the die had been cast and membership was decided.

  3. Mike Gatti:

    When you spend money on your membership, you’ve got a team of people working for you and your industry, the ones who get the most out of our organization are the ones who know us and interact with us.

  4. De Jong:

    For my generation, the generation of the baby boomers, self-determination is key, the membership applications are streaming in.

  5. Gil Robertson:

    I wish I could tell you (why African Americans were not nominated), especially when they have been recognized by other groups around in the community, and one would think that they would have also received equal recognition from the Academy. Especially when you consider there is a lot of overlap in membership with the professional guild, many of those individuals are also members of the Academy.

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