Member
['membə] or ['mɛmbɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an organization that is a member of another organization (especially a state that belongs to a group of nations); 'the library was a member of the interlibrary loan association'; 'Canada is a member of the United Nations'.
(noun.) one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); 'only members will be admitted'; 'a member of the faculty'; 'she was introduced to all the members of his family'.
(noun.) anything that belongs to a set or class; 'snakes are members of the class Reptilia'; 'members of the opposite sex'.
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Definition
(v. t.) To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.
(n.) A part of an animal capable of performing a distinct office; an organ; a limb.
(n.) Hence, a part of a whole; an independent constituent of a body
(n.) A part of a discourse or of a period or sentence; a clause; a part of a verse.
(n.) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the sign of equality.
(n.) Any essential part, as a post, tie rod, strut, etc., of a framed structure, as a bridge truss.
(n.) Any part of a building, whether constructional, as a pier, column, lintel, or the like, or decorative, as a molding, or group of moldings.
(n.) One of the persons composing a society, community, or the like; an individual forming part of an association; as, a member of the society of Friends.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Limb.[2]. Part, portion, constituent, component part, subordinate part.[3]. Head, clause, branch.
Checker: Nanette
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Limb, part, portion, constituent, component
ANT:Body, whole, entirety, constitution, organization, community, association
Editor: Roxanne
Definition
n. an integral part of a whole esp. a limb of an animal: a clause: one of a society: a representative in a legislative body.—adj. Mem′bered having limbs.—n. Mem′bership the state of being a member or one of a society: the members of a body regarded as a whole.—adj. Mem′bral pertaining to the limbs rather than the trunk. Member of Parliament a member of the House of Commons M.P.
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Examples
- Your officer, Captain Dufranne, is one of them, and the forest man who has saved the lives of every member of my father's party is the other. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Canler felt the hostility that emanated from each member of the party. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Gradually there arose before me the hat, head, neckcloth, waistcoat, trousers, boots, of a member of society of about my own standing. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Kerchak grunted and turned away, for he was jealous of this strange member of his band. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was one of mamma's cherished hopes that I should become united to a tall member of society. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Each series contains an emanation, or gas, which through the loss of α particles is transformed into the next following member of the series. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Your opinion of this MESALLIANCE, honourable colleagues of the honourable member who has just sat down? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I'm a member o' the Union; and I think it's the only thing to do the workman any good. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- A member of the staff advanced toward the troops, and calling the name of a soldier commanded him to advance. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I perceive that you are not yourself a member of the family. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He kept all his talk for the private ear of the lady (a member of our family) who sat next to him. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Of this incongruous family our astonished Amelia found herself all of a sudden a member: with Mrs. O'Dowd as an elder sister. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The late Jacob Hess, a famous New York Republican politician, was a member of the commission appointed to put the wires underground in New York City, in the eighties. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I, Ma'am, ask a member of this family to marry a drawing-master's daughter? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The moment he turned the corner of the street, he recovered his balance instantly, and became as sober a member of society as you could wish to see. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And particularly, whether they were ever admitted as members in the lower senate? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England: the members of the Junto had each a few. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But though she had _seen_ all the members of the family, she had not yet _heard_ all the noise they could make. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The surplus he holds merely as custodian, and it is passed on to the younger members of the community as necessity demands. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- At sight of us the members of the guard sprang forward in surprise, and with levelled rifles halted us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I thanked him, and at his direction joined the members of his staff. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Mr. Huskisson, one of the members of Parliament for Liverpool, and a warm friend and supporter of Stephenson and the railroad, had stepped from his coach, and was standing on the railway. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Ten minutes after it touched at the palace a message called me to the council chamber, which I found filling with the members of that body. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The members of the Melton club led what I considered a very stupid sort of life. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- At Jaffa we had taken on board some forty members of a very celebrated community. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I do not mean that the members weren't deeply touched by the misery of these thousands of women. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Virginia squatters) added, we select the black members of a litter for raising, as they alone have a good chance of living. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- What Family has Over 9,000,000 Members? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Instead of telling business men not to be greedy, we should tell them to be industrial statesmen, applied scientists, and members of a craft. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- These members I conceive and believe him to be possessed of. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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