# member

Pronunciation: US say "MEM-bur" /ˈmɛmbɚ/; UK/AUS say "MEM-buh" /ˈmɛmbə/

## Noun

1. A person who belongs to a particular group, organization, or society.
   - Simple: A person who belongs to a group, club, or organization.
   - _Each member of the committee voted on the proposal._
   - _New members receive a welcome packet when they join._
2. Any of the parts that together constitute a whole.
   - Simple: One of the parts that together make up something larger.
   - _Engineers labeled every member of the steel structure._
   - _Each member contributes to the strength of the entire assembly._
3. An element belonging to a set.
   - Simple: One of the things that belong to a set or group.
   - _Every member of the set satisfies the given condition._
   - _Two is a member of the set of even numbers._
4. A function or piece of data declared as part of a class, belonging either to each instance of the class or to the class itself.
   - Simple: In computer programs, a piece of data or an action that belongs to a class or to the objects made from it.
   - _Each member of the class can be accessed through the object._
   - _Private members are hidden from code outside the class._
5. A limb or organ of the body, considered as performing a distinct function.
   - Simple: A limb or organ of the body that does a particular job.
6. A polite or indirect word for the penis.
   - Simple: A polite word for the penis.
7. Either of the two expressions on opposite sides of the equality sign in an equation.
   - Simple: One of the two sides of an equation, on either side of the equals sign.
8. An individual file contained within an archive file.
   - Simple: A single file kept inside a larger archive file.
   - _The tool lists every member of the archive before extraction._
   - _Corrupted members cannot be unpacked from the archive._
9. In logic, any one of the propositions that together form a syllogism.
   - Simple: In logic, one of the statements that make up an argument.
10. In Australia, an adjudicator who hears and decides cases in a tribunal, such as one handling consumer or tenancy disputes. *(Australia)*
   - Simple: In Australia, the official who hears and decides cases in a tribunal, for example about shopping or renting problems.
   - _The member dismissed the complaint for lack of evidence._
   - _At the tenancy hearing, the landlord and the renter each put their case to the tribunal member, who reserved her decision._

## Other meanings

- (noun) A distinct part of a discourse, period, sentence, or verse; a clause.

## Origin

This word comes from Latin membrum ('limb, body part'), which passed into Old French as membre and then into Middle English. The Latin word traces back through Proto-Italic to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning 'flesh', related to the Gothic word for 'meat, flesh'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/member (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).