Meaning

1 senses
  1. A sovereign state which is a member of an international organisation or some kind of confederation of other such states.

    Coordinate term: observer state

    As of 1st January 2007 the European Union will have 27 member states.

    Mitgliedsstaat, Mitgliedsland

    госуда́рство-членgosudárstvo-člen, госуда́рство-уча́стникgosudárstvo-učástnik

    держа́ва-членderžáva-člen

Examples

5 sentences
  1. The occasion was tarnished by a lukewarm show of support from member states.

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  2. The Vatican maintains diplomatic relations with most UN member states.

  3. Can Western Sahara become a member state of the UN?

  4. I mean the NATO alliance with powerful member the United States.

    deIch meine das NATO-Bündnis mit dem mächtigen Bündnispartner USA. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. I'm talking about the NATO alliance with powerful member the United States.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
state that is a member of a confederation:
Русский
By meaning 1
state that is a member of a confederation:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
state that is a member of a confederation:

Forms

plural: member states
Singularmember state
Pluralmember states

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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