Dictionary Definition
member
Noun
1 one of the persons who compose a social group
(especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group
organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the
faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
[ant: nonmember]
2 an organization that is a member of another
organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of
nations); "the library was a member of the interlibrary loan
association"; "Canada is a member of the United Nations"
3 an external body part that projects from the
body; "it is important to keep the extremities warm" [syn: extremity, appendage]
4 anything that belongs to a set or class;
"snakes are members of the class Reptilia"; "members of the
opposite sex"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
From membre.Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛmbə(r)
Noun
one who officially belongs to a group
- Arabic:
- Bosnian: član
- Croatian: član
- Czech: člen
- Danish: medlem
- Dutch: lid
- Esperanto: membro, ano
- Finnish: jäsen
- French: membre
- German: Mitglied
- Greek: μέλος
- Italian: membro
- Japanese: メンバー (menbā), 構成員 (kōseiin)
- Kurdish:
- Latvian: biedrs , loceklis
- Polish: członek
- Portuguese: membro
- Russian: член (člen)
- Serbian:
- Slovene: član
- Spanish: miembro
a limb
penis
in logic See premise
in set theory See element
Extensive Definition
A member is a person who belongs to a group of
people or a group such as a company or nation who belongs to
another group like an alliance or consortium. By extension it
can refer to any part of a whole.
Member may also refer to:
- Element (mathematics), an object that belongs to a mathematical set theory
- Limb, an appendage of the human or animal body.
- Penis and testicles, sometimes referred to as "members" in slang.
- Military jury, referred to as Members in military jargon.
- User (computing), a user of a computing service, especially on the internet
- Field (computer science) and Method (computer science), part of object-oriented programming
- Member of a bridge
- Member of Parliament
- Member (film), a 2001 film starring Josh Hartnett
member in German: Glied
member in Spanish: Miembro
member in French: Membre
member in Japanese: メンバー
member in Portuguese: Membro
member in Russian: Член
member in Simple English: Member
member in Swedish: Medlem
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Greek,
affiliate, appendage, arm, associate, belonger, bough, branch, brother, card-carrier,
card-carrying member, cardholder, charter member,
clubber, clubman, clubwoman, colleague, committeeman, comrade, conventioneer, conventioner, conventionist, cut, division, dues-paying member,
enlistee, enrollee, fellow, fraternity man, guildsman, hand, honorary member, imp, initiate, insider, joiner, joint, leg, life member, limb, link, lobe, lobule, moiety, offshoot, one of us, organ, parcel, piece, pinion, pledge, portion, ramification, runner, scion, section, segment, sister, socius, sorority girl, sorority
woman, spray, sprig, spur, switch, tail, tendril, twig, wing