membership

Pluralmemberships

Formsmemberships, membershipping, membershipped

1. 1
   nouncountable or uncountable

   Being part of a group, club, or organization as one of its members.

   Like having a card that shows you belong to a club.

   Her membership in the chess club lasted three years.

   You must pay a fee before your membership begins.

   Similaraffiliation, subscription

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2. 2
   nounusually singular

   All the people who belong to a club, group, or organization.

   The club's membership voted to raise the yearly fee.

   Almost the whole membership came to the meeting.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Being one of the things that belong to a particular set, in math.

   Like checking whether your name is on a guest list.

   Membership in the set of even numbers means a number can be divided by two.

   We can test a number's membership in the group of whole numbers.

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4. 4
   verbtransitive

   To decide that a person belongs to a certain group or community.

   The study found that speakers often membership a stranger as a local or a visitor after only a few words.

   The recording shows that the shop owner membershipped me as a tourist within the first minute.

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