Member Meaning
/ˈmɛmbə/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounOne who belongs to a group.
nounA part of a whole.
Sentence Examples
Every member of the cabinet was present.
Each member has to pay a membership fee.
We interviewed each individual member of the community.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He applied to become a ____ of the exclusive country club last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ of the team contributes their unique skills and talents to achieve our collective goals.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"“Were it not for the fancy French and Latin in it, I'd have swore it was the sort of thing I do not print as a rule, but being as how the order was from one of the members upstairs...”"
— 2014 January 14, Roberta Rogow, The Problem of the Surly Servant, →ISBN, page 109:
"For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not the same office:"
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 12:4:
"If your wife is old and your member is exhausted, eat onions in plenty."
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
He applied to become a ____ of the exclusive country club last week.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Every ____ of the team contributes their unique skills and talents to achieve our collective goals.