membership
noun
mem·ber·ship
ˈmem-bər-ˌship 
plural memberships
1
: the state or status of being a member
2
: the body of members
an organization with a large membership
3
mathematics
: the relation between an element of a set (see set entry 2 sense 21) or class and the set or class itself compare inclusion sense 3a
Examples of membership in a Sentence
What is the cost of a one-year membership?
Membership in the club doubled last year.
clubs that are hoping to increase their membership
The club has a large membership.
clubs that are hoping to increase their memberships
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The previous offer was voted down by 64% of the membership.
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
And Mar-a-Lago, which doubled up its initiation fee upon his election, truly became the Winter White House, where membership included the perk of poolside view of the president’s war room.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Some credit cards, like American Express, offer free or discounted Clear Plus memberships.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
And yet Moscow had a lot to gain from installing a Russia sympathizer in Chisinau and upending Moldova’s path to EU membership.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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Melvin Backman, Quartz, 5 Nov. 2024
And Mar-a-Lago, which doubled up its initiation fee upon his election, truly became the Winter White House, where membership included the perk of poolside view of the president’s war room.
—Zach Everson, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Some credit cards, like American Express, offer free or discounted Clear Plus memberships.
—Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
And yet Moscow had a lot to gain from installing a Russia sympathizer in Chisinau and upending Moldova’s path to EU membership.
—Clare Sebastian, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for membership
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membership
noun
mem·ber·ship
ˈmem-bər-ˌship
1
: the state or status of being a member
2
: all the members of an organization
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