membership

1 the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" [syn: rank]

2 the state of being a member

English

Etymology

Noun

1. The fact of being a member.
2. The fact of being a member of a set.

Derived terms

• membership function

Translations

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

See also

• Dismember
• Part

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