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# membership

noun (membership, memberships)

«membership» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Membership is being a member of a club, group or organisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#m1)
2. The membership is all the members of a group, or how many there are. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#m2)
3. A membership is the right to use a club, gym or library, often paid for with a fee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: library membership, gym membership, swimming club membership. In maths: membership fees, how much a year's membership costs compared with paying each time. In citizenship: membership of a country in a group of nations.

### Examples

- My library membership card lets me borrow ten books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x1)
- The club's membership has grown to two hundred. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x2)
- Mum pays for a family membership at the zoo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x3)
- Membership of the chess club is free. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x4)
- Is membership open to everyone? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x5)
- Her membership runs out at the end of the month. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/#x6)

### Note

From member + -ship. Maths: compare a membership fee with pay-per-visit — e.g. £30 membership vs £4 a visit: after 8 visits (£32) the membership is cheaper.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «membership» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/membership/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«membership» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/membership.html) on Mova free.