ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Member

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˈmɛmbə/ · Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Member is a noun meaning One who belongs to a group.

Meaning

One who belongs to a group.

More Meanings

  1. A part of a whole.
  2. Part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
  3. (euphemistic) The penis.
  4. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.
  5. (set theory) An element of a set.
  6. (Australia, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.
  7. A part of a discourse or of a period, sentence, or verse; a clause.

Example Sentences

The I-beams were to become structural members of a pedestrian bridge.
If your wife is old and your member is exhausted, eat onions in plenty.
The zip file holding the source code of this application has 245 members.
For as we haue many members in one body, and all members haue not the same office:

Word Forms

Synonyms for member

Depending on context, synonyms include integrant, limb, lith, pintle, tarse, premise.

Antonyms for member

Common opposites include nonmember.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include extremity, phallus, appendage, penis, membership, associate.

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