Dictionary Definition
belong
Verb
1 be owned by; be in the possession of; "This
book belongs to me"
2 originate (in); "The problems dwell in the
social injustices in this country" [syn: dwell, consist, lie, lie in]
3 be suitable or acceptable; "This student
somehow doesn't belong"
4 be in the right place or situation; "Where do
these books belong?"; "Let's put health care where it
belongs--under the control of the government"; "Where do these
books go?" [syn: go]
5 be classified with; "The whales belong among
the mammals"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
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Verb
- To have its proper
place.
- Where does this document belong?
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- You don’t belong here — get out.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- I don’t belong to them!
- (followed by to) To be the property of.
- That house belongs to me.
- (followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
- In the context of "intransitive|settheory": (followed by to) To
be an element of (a
set). The symbol \in means
belongs to.
- Suppose x belongs to \mathbb... (-- written: x \in \mathbb)
Derived terms
Translations
have its proper place
be accepted in a group
be part of a group
- Czech: patřit
- Dutch: horen bij, thuishoren bij
be the property of
- Czech: patřit
- Danish: tilhøre, høre til
- Dutch: toebehoren aan, van iemand zijn
- Finnish: kuulua
- French: appartenir à
- German: gehören zu
- Italian: appartenere a
- Portuguese: pertencer
- Spanish: pertenecer a
- Swedish: tillhöra
- Tatar: belän
be the guardian, spouse or partner of
set theory: be an element of
Preposition
belongQuotations
- 1915, E. R. Masson, Untamed Territory
- Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all.
- 1936, M. & E. Durack, Chunuma
- By an’ bye ’im grow ’m up make ’m good fella stockman b’longta you.
- 1977, N. Kolig, Playing Alonga Mud
- Those who had persevered with the course and had acquired some skill were now almost deferentially called ‘Maban (expert) belonga clay’.
- 1986, Kowanyama News, Dec.
- Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.
- 1986, B. Shaw, Countrymen
- There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.
- 1991, D. B. Rose, Hidden Histories
- Get that fire [wood] stacked up like that tree there, that high ... It wasn’t wood belong to that fire pile. Might be for station, or somebody else, you know.
Extensive Definition
Belonging can refer to:
- Ownership
- Belonging (TV series), a Welsh television drama series
- "Belonging" (Angel episode), an episode of the television series Angel
- "Belonging to Someone", is a 1958 song
- Belong, a Shoegaze-Ambient band from New Orleans.
- A component of ontology.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
accord,
affect, agree, answer to, appertain, appertain to, apply
to, be a member, be inscribed, be there, bear on, bear upon,
become, befit, belong to, carry a card,
chime, concern, connect, correspond, correspond to,
deal with, fit, fit in,
go, harmonize, have connection
with, have its place, have place, hold membership, indwell, inhere, interest, involve, liaise with, link with,
match, pertain, pertain to, refer to,
regard, relate to,
respect, set, subscribe, suit, tally, tie in with, touch, touch upon, treat of,
vest, vest
in