MEMBERSHIP
Dictionary entry overview: What does membership mean?
• MEMBERSHIP (noun)
The noun MEMBERSHIP has 2 senses:
1. the body of members of an organization or group
2. the state of being a member
Familiarity information: MEMBERSHIP used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MEMBERSHIP (noun)
Meaning:
The body of members of an organization or group
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
membership; rank
Context examples:
they polled their membership / they found dissension in their own ranks / he joined the ranks of the unemployed
Hypernyms ("membership" is a kind of...):
body (a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity)
Holonyms ("membership" is a member of...):
organisation; organization (a group of people who work together)
Meaning:
The state of being a member
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("membership" is a kind of...):
relationship (a state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries)
