See Also: Member(medicine)
non-member(dictionary)
member(dictionary)
member(2)(dictionary)
member(1)(dictionary)
MEMBER(law)
Non-member firm(finance)
Non-clearing member(finance)
Non-member bank(finance)
private member(dictionary)

member (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: membre, from Latin membrum]
a person or country that belongs to a group or organization
::The majority of union members voted in favour of a strike.
member of
::He is a member of the local tennis club.
::We offer training to all members of staff .
::The other members of his family were against the marriage.
::Copies of the report are available to schools and members of the public .
::a problem which should concern every member of society
::a senior member of the ruling party
:: leading members of the government
::In her youth she was an active member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND).
::He is a founder member of the Prison Reform Trust.
::a meeting of all UN member states
::a card-carrying member of the Communist Party
::Turkey is not yet a full member of the EU.
one of a particular group of animals or plants
member of
::The plant is a member of the lily family .
::Wolves and domestic dogs are members of the same species .
BrE a Member of Parliament
member for
::the member for Truro
formal a man's sex organ
-synonym penis penis
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COLLOCATES for sense 1
committee/party/union/board etc member (=a member of a particular group)
member of staff/staff member
member of somebody's family
member of the public
member of society (=a citizen)
senior/junior member
leading member (=one of the most important members)
active member
founder member (=a member of an organization who also started that organization)
member state/country/nation (=a country that belongs to a particular international organization)
card-carrying member (=a member who is very active in a group)
full member (=a member in the most complete way)
associate member (=a member who does not have all the rights of a full member)