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membership en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The state of being a member of a group or organization.
    • 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:
    • The terms of membership agreement were vague.
    • He has memberships in clubs in three cities.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The body of members of an organization.
    • The memberships of the state chapters elect delegates to the national convention.
  3. (countable, uncountable) The fact of being a member of a set.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
memberships Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

membership marketing · nonmembership · party membership card · e-membership · membership card · comembership · membership function

Translations (100)

el μέλη (body of members) · cmn 會籍 /会籍 (fact of being a member) · da medlemskab (fact of being a member) · id keanggotaan (fact of being a member) · ru чле́нство (fact of being a member) · it appartenenza (fact of being a member) · ml അംഗത്വം (fact of being a member) · fr appartenance (in set theory) · km សមាជិកភាព (fact of being a member) · ja メンバーシップ (fact of being a member) · pt membro (body of members) · el συμμετοχή (fact of being a member) · fi jäsenistö (body of members) · cmn 會員 /会员 (fact of being a member) · el ιδιότητα του μέλους (fact of being a member) · ga na baill (body of members) · hu tagság (fact of being a member) · fr affiliation (fact of being a member) · tr üyelik (fact of being a member) · ar عُضْوِيَّة (fact of being a member) · kum ортакъчылыкъ (fact of being a member) · he חֲבֵרוּת (fact of being a member) · sq anëtarësi (fact of being a member) · es membresía (fact of being a member) · fr adhésion (fact of being a member) · de Mitgliederschaft (body of members) · uz azolik (fact of being a member) · ur عضویت (fact of being a member) · eo membreco (body of members) · sv medlemskap (fact of being a member) · bg чле́нство (fact of being a member) · uk чле́нство (fact of being a member) · fa عضویت (fact of being a member) · lv piederība (fact of being a member) · mi rōpū mema (body of members) · ru принадле́жность (in set theory) · et liikmelisus (fact of being a member) · ur رکنیت (fact of being a member) · sh člànstvo (fact of being a member) · tg узвият (fact of being a member) · mi mematanga (fact of being a member) · hy անդամություն (fact of being a member) · ja 会員 (body of members) · fi jäsenkunta (body of members) · tk agzalyk (fact of being a member) · be чле́нства (fact of being a member) · cy aelodaeth (fact of being a member) · fi kuuluminen (in set theory) · gd ballrachd (fact of being a member) · da medlemskab (in set theory) · ky мүчөлүк (fact of being a member) · ro apartenență (fact of being a member) · fi jäsenyys (fact of being a member) · eo membreco (fact of being a member) · pt adesão (fact of being a member) · fr appartenance (fact of being a member) · kk мүшелік (fact of being a member) · lt narystė (fact of being a member) · lv dalība (fact of being a member) · th สมาชิกภาพ (fact of being a member) · yi מיטגלידערשאַפֿט (fact of being a member) · el συμμετοχή ως μέλος (fact of being a member) · sl članstvo (fact of being a member) · te సభ్యత్వము (fact of being a member) · it iscrizione (fact of being a member) · de Zugehörigkeit (in set theory) · pl członkostwo (fact of being a member) · mk членство (fact of being a member) · nb medlemskap (fact of being a member) · lo ສະມາຊິກະພາບ (fact of being a member) · ro apartenență (in set theory) · io membreso (fact of being a member) · ga ballraíocht (fact of being a member) · ga ballra (body of members) · cmn 會員身份 /会员身份 (fact of being a member) · eo membraro (body of members) · bg чле́нска ма́са (body of members) · nn medlemskap (fact of being a member) · cs členství (fact of being a member) · af lidmaatskap (fact of being a member) · vi số hội viên (fact of being a member) · ko 멤버십 (fact of being a member) · sh članarinstvo (fact of being a member) · sk členstvo (fact of being a member) · ka წევრობა (fact of being a member) · nl lidmaatschap (fact of being a member) · uz aʻzolik (fact of being a member) · ko 회원 (fact of being a member) · ps عضويت (fact of being a member) · sw uanachama (fact of being a member) · de Mitgliedschaft (fact of being a member) · sh чла̀нство (fact of being a member) · eo anaro (fact of being a member) · ga comhaltas (fact of being a member) · ja 会員 (fact of being a member) · pt corpo do membro (body of members) · sh члaнapинство (fact of being a member) · ms keahlian (fact of being a member) · az üzvlük (fact of being a member) · hi सदस्यता (fact of being a member)

membership en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To classify (someone) as belonging to a certain group or community.
    • 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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
membershipping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
membershipped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
membershipped Tense=Past lexicographic
memberships Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic