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belong
[ bih-lawng, -long ]
verb (used without object)
- to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed by to ):
He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
- to have the proper qualifications, especially social qualifications, to be a member of a group:
You don't belong in this club.
- to be proper or due; be properly or appropriately placed, situated, etc.:
Books belong in every home. This belongs on the shelf. He is a statesman who belongs among the great.
verb phrase
- to be the property of:
The book belongs to her.
- to be a part or adjunct of:
That cover belongs to this jar.
belong
/ ²úɪˈ±ôÉ’Å‹ /
verb
- foll by to to be the property or possession (of)
- foll by to to be bound to (a person, place, or club) by ties of affection, dependence, allegiance, or membership
- foll byto, under, with, etc to be classified (with)
this plant belongs to the daisy family
- foll by to to be a part or adjunct (of)
this top belongs to the smaller box
- to have a proper or usual place
that plate belongs in the cupboard
- informal.to be suitable or acceptable, esp socially
although they were rich, they just didn't belong
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of belong1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of belong1
Idioms and Phrases
see to the victor belong the spoils .Example Sentences
“I belong to the Marine Corps. There’s cliques there. I guarantee if I go to IBM there there’s cliques there.â€
There, the production found the ideal house, which belongs to a retired pilot who divides his time between the forest and the country’s bustling capital.
"There is a lack of housing because homes are being hijacked - on the one hand tourist flats, and on the other hand all the empty flats belonging to vulture funds and the banks," he says.
The industry consensus is that one of every 10 horses you buy will be a success, a word that Wellman says belongs in thick quotes.
Halili and Reitsma don't wear aprons or pose with backyard chickens, but their content still belongs to the same social media universe as "tradwife" podcasts and similar propaganda for womanly submission.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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