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member

member

1.4
A person, animal, or thing that belongs to a group
  • noun
  • /ˈmɛmbər/
translation icon : miembro
  • They and you are members of the Stanford family.
  • a faculty member
  • a family member
  • a staff member

Now, our Time Ghost Army member of the week is Island Boy.

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Examples

  • So they serve a signal to other members of the species, OK.

  • This was a junior member of the staff.

  • All of his church members are in on all this.

  • I am a supporting member of the show.

  • You know, if you want a job, you got to be a member of a union.

  • We have a new member joining our program

  • Let them know why you chose to be a member and invite them to join.

    Academic text (2013)
  • - Ah, tonight, the newest member of our family will feast for the first time.

  • So they're just wanting their church members to live longer.

  • As a new member of the book club, I was excited to meet everyone.

Synonyms

fellow member
vsmember
6 2.7

A person who belongs to the same group or club as another

can be a person, animal, or thing in any group, not only a person

Antonyms

4 3.4

Someone who does not belong to a club or group

Compounds

113 2.7

A person who helps make important decisions for an organization

113 2.4

A person who works as part of a team on a ship, plane, or film set

90 1.5

A person who works for an organization

A person elected or chosen to serve on a council that makes local decisions

A teacher or researcher who works at a university

28 1.8

A person who belongs to a group of workers who protect pay and working conditions

A person who belongs to a committee and takes part in its meetings and decisions

18 2.2

A person who regularly goes to church and is part of its community

16 1.4

A person who belongs to a club or group

A person who belongs to the same group or club as another

6 7.0

A person elected to represent an area in a parliament or council

A person who is one of the first people in a group when it starts

A person elected to represent an area in the UK Parliament, especially in the House of Commons

member bank
  • Specialized
2 4.6

A bank that belongs to the U.S. Federal Reserve System

1 3.7

A person who belongs to a group with the same family background or shared interests

1 8.4

A male body part used for passing urine and for sexual activity

one-member
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Having only one person elected to represent each district

structural member
  • Specialized
1 4.9

A part of a building, like a beam, that holds weight

A person who works on a plane during a flight

A voting system in which each area elects one representative

How Included

leader
1.0
member
1.4
associate
533 3.2
outsider
283 4.1

Surface Forms

member singular
members plural

Etymology

Member comes from the Latin word membrum, which meant 'a limb' or 'a part'. So a member of a group is like a 'part' of the whole, a person or thing that belongs to it.