memberships

noun

plural of membership
1
as in groups
the people who belong to a group or organization Club leaders are elected by the membership.

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2
as in rosters
the number of people in a group or organization The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years.

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3
as in relationships
the state of being a member of a group or organization We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse.

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Recent Examples of memberships Memberships start with a $20,000 joining fee for qualifying local residents, while family memberships carry an $80,000 joining fee, plus annual dues. — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 25 Oct. 2026 Review all your requests, appointments, volunteer work, scheduled phone calls, work and social commitments, and memberships. — Margaret Cirino, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 Roughly half of users increased their spending on fitness services, such as gym memberships, while 46% switched apparel brands. — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 Reimbursements and stipends for wellness programs such as gym memberships, wearables, personal training and nutrition services may also be available. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 21 Oct. 2026 But prosecutors found that the pair had spent on cars, houses, golf memberships, and investment properties. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 21 Oct. 2026 Apple specifically points to library cards and gym memberships as examples. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Available for iOS and Android, PocketWise tracks unlimited subscriptions, including streaming services, memberships, apps, and recurring bills. — Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 20 Oct. 2026 While a membership is not required, Jettly does offers memberships that of course come with perks—lower hourly rates, waived booking fees, and access to things like empty leg alerts. — Debra Kamin, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memberships
  1. groups
  2. rosters
  3. relationships
  4. organizations
  5. counts
  6. associations
  7. communities
  8. enrollments
Noun
  • Carter ruled after a 3½-hour hearing Tuesday, where a slew of attorneys for the state, county and independent voting rights groups argued against the administration’s demands.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • This gives several sets of interest groups an opportunity to use the FCC’s public review and approval process to advocate for federal limits on space technologies.
    — Max Harden, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of groups
Noun
  • Their rosters are the products of shrewd trades and rigorous international scouting, wise draft picks that paid dividends years after they were made.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Like most rosters in the NIL/transfer-portal era, Duke’s has almost completely turned over since Reeves’ two seasons in Durham (2022-23 and 2023-24).
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of rosters
Noun
  • Letters could sustain relationships between people separated by oceans, and sometimes those relationships achieved an intimacy unavailable to people who occupied the same rooms.
    — Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The eight-track EP is a true music roller coaster covering a variety of different topics and themes, including economic hardship and relationships.
    — David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of relationships
Noun
  • The result has been delayed or missed legal filings and fewer cases taken, according to the organizations.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 29 Oct. 2026
  • Subsidizing these slots would allow smaller institutions, such as academia and nonprofit organizations, to avoid competing on the open market against large companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin that launch satellites regularly.
    — Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • Bomfim has been charged with 10 felony counts of child abuse, prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The formulas say these two very different counts agree for every number.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of counts
Noun
  • Finding a local event hosted by over 13 country associations from the Nordics and Baltics to Croatia, Japan, and Australia and joining a group walk with an INWA instructor.
    — Lola Akinmade, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Pursuit recruits through the New York City Housing Authority, the public library system, local labor departments and community groups, and plans to add small business associations.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of associations
Noun
  • The Sun enters your 11th House, beginning a month focused on friends, communities, collaborations, networks, and your longer-term hopes.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Seventy-one percent also doubt that his village cooperatives policy—which plans to establish hubs in roughly 80,000 communities to handle basic-goods distribution, savings, and other rural services—would succeed.
    — Jay Ganglani, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of communities
Noun
  • Computer science departments at universities across the country saw record enrollments.
    — Kamau Bobb October 21, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Its approval gives Class 5A and Class 6A schools the ability to move forward in Texas, a state with a wide range of enrollments, while smaller schools have more time to implement and evaluate.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of enrollments

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