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Definition of "membership" []

  • The state of being a member. (noun)
  • The total number of members in a group: an organization with a growing membership. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "membership" in a sentence
  • "The term 'membership' describes his relationship to the Rajavis."
  • "But the term membership does not express their relation to the church before they are converted."
  • "A third of the membership is agented and/or published, so when someone asks a question about getting an agent or about the craft or about publishing, they get answers from the people who know."