- member
- nounADJECTIVE▪ elite, high-ranking, influential, key, leading, powerful, prominent▪ ranking (AmE), senior▪ junior, rank-and-file▪ long-serving, long-standing, long-time▪ gang, group, team▪ band, orchestra▪ crew, faculty (esp. AmE), staff▪ club, fraternity (AmE), sorority (AmE)▪ cabinet (esp. BrE), council, party▪ audience, cast▪
Biographies are available for the cast members.
▪ class▪ guild, union▪ board, commission, committee, jury, panel▪ church, cult▪ family, household▪ clan, community, tribal▪ military, service (= member of the armed services) (both AmE)▪ individual▪Subscriptions are cheaper for individual members.
▪ charter (AmE), founder, founding, original▪ fellow▪my good friend and fellow member of the council
▪ active, enthusiastic▪She's an active member of her local church.
▪ loyal, respected, valued▪ honorary▪ elected▪ full▪ associate▪ life▪a life member of the Red Cross
▪ permanent▪the five permanent members of the UN Security Council
▪ regular▪She had now become a regular member of the cast of singers.
▪ former, retired▪ potential, prospective▪ remaining, surviving▪the surviving members of the band
▪ card-carrying, dues-paying (AmE), paid-up▪They were card-carrying members of the Party.
▪He was a paid-up member of the Communist Party.
▪ full-time, part-time▪ female, male▪ minority (AmE)▪a minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee
VERB + MEMBER▪ become▪ recruit▪We must recruit new members to survive.
▪ nominate▪ elect▪ appointMEMBER + VERB▪ join sth▪ resign▪ attend sth, participate in sth▪10% of club members participated in this year's election.
▪ vote▪Audience members voted on their favorite presentations.
▪ approve sth▪WTO members approved the plan.
MEMBER + NOUN▪ country, nation, state▪ company, institution, organization▪ church (esp. AmE)▪the member churches of the Baptist Union
▪ participation▪Future plans will depend on member participation and input in the coming months.
PREPOSITION▪ member of▪I've become a member of our local sports club.
PHRASES▪ a member of staff▪All members of staff will receive a bonus.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
