Membership Meaning
/mˈɛmbəˌrʃɪp/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe state of being a member of a group or organization.
nounThe body of members of an organization.
Sentence Examples
Each member has to pay a membership fee.
With regard to the membership fee, you must ask the treasurer of the club.
Who is eligible to apply for membership of the association?
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She renewed her ____ in the fitness center for another full year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The gym offers several different ____ plans to suit the needs and budgets of all its potential clients.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English member Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English membership From member + -ship.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"But when Krystal McConnell and Ashley Flynn were named deep in the heart of the '80s the thing was cuteness, feminine delicacy raised to an aesthetic paradigm. --- And everyone named according to a particular version of the pedigree fantasy. Ashley : transplanted Southern privilege, a destiny lying in sorority mixers and a marriage of health club memberships, state-of-the-art appliances and night courses in nouvelle cuisine."
— 1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 10, in Lost Girls:
"Hence there resulted a division of the membership of the brotherhood into two classes, the practical and theoretic, or, as they are more commonly called, the operative and speculative, or “domatic” and “geomatic.""
— 2012, The Etiquette of Freemasonry: A Handbook for the Brethren, →ISBN:
"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."
— 1975 April, Malcolm Coulthard, “Discourse Analysis in English – A Short Review of the Literature”, in Language Teaching, volume 8, number 2, →DOI, page 83:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She renewed her ____ in the fitness center for another full year.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The gym offers several different ____ plans to suit the needs and budgets of all its potential clients.