klʌb kəmˈpænjənʃɪp ˈkʌmp(ə)ni ˈkʌmpəni ˈfɛləʃɪp ˈfɛləʃɪp ɡɪld lɑdʒ lɒdʒ ˈɔːdə ˈɔɹdɚ səˈsaɪ.ə.ti an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization a formal association of people with similar interests he joined a golf club they formed a small lunch society men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today the fashionable elite the state of being with someone he missed their company he enjoyed the society of his friends