memberships

plural of membership
1
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.

Related Words

3

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of memberships Review a prospect’s past giving, volunteer work, board memberships and public interests to understand what truly motivates them. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 Their memberships and mandates differ, and there is no indication of a joint command linking the Mecca pact to the broader maritime coalition. — John Calabrese, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026 At Human Longevity, a clinic based in San Diego and San Francisco, annual memberships range from $8,000 to $19,000 a year for access to testing — such as brain and body MRIs — paired with an expert clinician review. — Renée Onque, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 From SiriusXM to gym memberships to streaming services, automatic rollovers are ensnaring consumers into subscriptions all across the economy. — Lindsay Owens, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026 Now, the publication is offering basic memberships at $80 a year. — News Desk, Artforum, 28 Sep. 2026 Wilms says that creators that want to generate microdrama subscriptions can utilize the memberships feature, perhaps giving viewers a few episodes for free, and reserving the rest for members. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026 New entrants will lean into class formats, instructors and cohort-style memberships that resemble a boutique fitness studio more than a spa. — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The new perks add to existing benefits such as free Prime memberships and healthcare insurance for eligible employees. — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for memberships
Noun
  • Nine of the 10 largest individual and family donors in CNBC’s overall top 20 groups are Republican-aligned, accounting for 86 cents of every dollar contributed by the top 10, according to CNBC’s analysis of FEC records.
    — Luke Fountain, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Though professional society guidelines recommended against performing this biopsy on women 70 or older with early-stage cancer, other groups had reported that it was still being done.
    — Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The stadium also has two NFL-sized locker rooms, a much larger build than the ones used by the soccer club, due to in part to bigger rosters, bigger players and bigger equipment.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Just three other organizations had more players in the WBC, and only two had more participants from their 40-man rosters than the Royals — who had nine, and 14 overall.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 4 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Kreiz will manage day-to-day operations while Ellison maintains the creative, big-picture vision and handles relationships with talent.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The company has strengthened relationships with suppliers to support a larger and more resilient production network.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Lancôme is financially supporting global and local nonprofit organizations focused on mental health for women and mental health research, as well.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • There is a subset of incoming college first year students, men and women, who find these organizations really appealing, and some of it is entirely understandable.
    — Richard Hall, Time, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Lakeside Police Department Ten months after that investigation, and after Prince was fired, the Jefferson County District Attorney has charged Prince with felony theft, official misconduct and 51 counts of forgery, according to state court records.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
  • In April, he was charged with one count of kidnapping to commit another crime, one count of first degree residential robbery, two counts of forcible oral copulation and one count of rape, The Times reported.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Attempts to coordinate the different agencies under a central authority to fight organized crime have failed in Congress, where professional associations representing those agencies have resisted anything that would reduce their power.
    — MATIAS SPEKTOR, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The model then forms statistical associations between the person’s name, profession, companies and areas of activity.
    — Alona Karpinska, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Like every Lucy project, there are also swing-for-the-fences samples, of the kinds of old, viral songs that create communities of nostalgic yearners in their YouTube comments.
    — H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Working with creators, brands and communities to develop new experiences, sponsorships and brand partnerships.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 8 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • College enrollments are down and tuition revenue has dropped, plunging many universities into the red, despite increasing their prices.
    — Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Vance said the cancellation of approximately 315,000 enrollments covering 760,000 people was done in part because the government was not checking whether people enrolled were eligible.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Memberships.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memberships. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

More from Merriam-Webster