member

CEFRA2

/ˈmɛmbə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person, animal, or thing belonging to a group.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A part of a whole.

Examples

  • Each member has to pay a membership fee.

  • Every member of the cabinet was present.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈmembə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.

  2. One who belongs to a group.

  3. One of the propositions making up a syllogism.

More examples

In context

  • We interviewed each individual member of the community.

  • The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.

  • The zip file holding the source code of this application has 245 members.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English membre, from Old French membre, from Latin membrum (“limb, body part”), from Proto-Italic *memzrom, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗms, *mēms-rom (“flesh”). Akin to Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌼𐌶 (mimz, “meat, flesh”), Crimean Gothic menus. Coexists with native limb, from Old English lim (“limb, joint, main branch”). Mostly displaced lith (“limb, joint, member”), from Old English liþ (“limb, member, join, tip”), which still survives in British dialect.