members
plural of “member” — one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
An inflected form of member · plural.
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,026 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 8,873 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization) also: fellow member only members will be admitteda member of the faculty
- anything that belongs to a set or class snakes are members of the class Reptiliamembers of the opposite sex
- an external body part that projects from the body also: extremity, appendage it is important to keep the extremities warm
- 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 associationCanada is a member of the United Nations
- the male sex organ (`member' is a euphemism) also: penis, phallus
members in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Members of the driving crew leaped shouting from one log to another.
The Riverman · Stewart Edward White · Chapter 1
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How he used to envy the members of the Elevens as they rolled arm-in-arm down the High Street!
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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They brought to him, it is true, offerings of musk ox meat and walrus blubber when members fell ill.
The Eternal Maiden · T. Everett (Thomas Everett) Harré · Chapter 1
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As in the past, the editors will strive to furnish members inexpensive reprints of rare seventeenth and eighteenth century works.
The Vanity of Human Wishes (1749) and Two · Samuel Johnson · Chapter 1
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Two prominent Members of the Cabinet are said not to be on speaking terms, and are practising the dumb alphabet in consequence.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1