membership B1 Topic:People & Society US /ˈmɛmbɝˌʃɪp/ See IPA manual Freq #9513 Meanings 1 noun The state of belonging to a group or organization. My gym membership expires at the end of the month. 2 noun All the people who belong to an organization. The club's membership voted to change the rules. Thesaurus Word family Forms memberships Derived forms comembershipe-membershipnonmembership Common collocations membership card Noun + noun Etymology AI details From member + -ship. Topics People & Society External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # membership **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈmɛmbɝˌʃɪp/ **Frequency rank:** 9513 ## Meanings 1. The state of belonging to a group or organization. 2. All the people who belong to an organization. ## Examples - My gym membership expires at the end of the month. - The club's membership voted to change the rules. ## Derived Forms - comembership - e-membership - nonmembership ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -ship - state ## Etymology From member + -ship. ## AI Etymology Membership comes from member + -ship. In present-day English its meanings include the state of belonging to a group or organization and all the people who belong to an organization. Related and derived forms include comembership, e-membership, and nonmembership. ## Topics - People & Society markdown