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member

[ mem-ber ]

noun

  1. a person, animal, plant, group, etc., that is part of a society, party, community, taxon, or other body.
  2. Government.
    1. a member of Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
    2. a member of the British Parliament, especially of the House of Commons.
    3. any member of a legislative body.
  3. a part or organ of an animal body; a limb, as a leg, arm, or wing.
  4. Botany. a structural entity of a plant body.
  5. the penis.
  6. a constituent part of any structural or composite whole, as a subordinate architectural feature of a building.

    Synonyms: portion, element

  7. Mathematics.
    1. either side of an equation.
    2. an element of a set.
  8. Geology. a stratigraphic unit recognized within a formation, and mapped as such.


adjective

  1. being a member of or having membership in an association, organization, etc.:

    member countries of the United Nations.

Member

1

/ ˈmɛmbə /

noun

  1. a member of some other legislative body


member

2

/ ˈmɛmbə /

noun

  1. a person who belongs to a club, political party, etc
  2. any individual plant or animal in a taxonomic group

    a member of the species

  3. any part of an animal body, such as a limb
  4. See penis
    another word for penis
  5. any part of a plant, such as a petal, root, etc
  6. maths any individual object belonging to a set or logical class
  7. a distinct part of a whole, such as a proposition in a syllogism
  8. a component part of a building or construction

member

/ mĕmbər /

  1. A quantity that belongs to a set.
  2. The expression on either side of an equal sign.


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Derived Forms

  • ˈmemberless, adjective

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Other Words From

  • member·less adjective
  • sub·member noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of member1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English membre, from Old French, from Latin membrum

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Word History and Origins

Origin of member1

C13: from Latin membrum limb, part

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Example Sentences

Other measures include better access to testing for family or household members of players.

Notre Dame players were greeted by family members on the field after the game, rather than before.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame named eight new members last weekend, including legendary quarterback Peyton Manning.

Richard Maulsby, one of the other founding members, has said he favored changing the club’s name.

She had worked at the NFL Players Association and helped athletes from skateboarders to softball players band together and form member organizations.

They took cover inside a print works to the north east of Paris, where they held a member of staff as a hostage.

What matters is being honest, humble, and a faithful and loyal friend, father and member of your community.

"That was crazy," Lynn Jenkins of Kansas muttered to another member as she walked to greet Boehner.

Another member of the plot took care of the ammo along with black uniforms, night-vision equipment, and body armor.

Reprinted by arrangement with The Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, A Penguin Random House Company.

Mr. Brown seizes the proffered member, and gives it as hearty a pressure as the publicity of the occasion will permit.

The member banks should look upon the reserve bank not as an alien but as their own institution.

The Act permits member banks to accept an amount of bills not exceeding 50 per cent.

It was never the intention of the Federal Reserve Act that member banks should continue the maintenance of these reserve accounts.

He was a member of the first provincial congress, and eighteen years lieutenant governor of the state of New York.

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