Meaning of belong | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To have its proper place.
   intransitive
2. To be accepted in a group.
   intransitive
3. To be a part of a group.
   intransitive, with-to
4. To be part of, or the property of.
   intransitive, with-to
5. To be the spouse or partner of.
   intransitive, with-to
6. (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
   intransitive
7. To be deserved by.
   obsolete, transitive
8. To do something habitually or customarily.
   Cornwall

Equivalents

Examples

“Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.”

“You don’t belong here — get out.”

“I don’t belong to them!”

“That house belongs to me.”

“Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.”

“A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.”

“Suppose x belongs to #92;mathbb#123;R#125;…”

“More evils belong us than happen to us.”

“Belong. To be accustomed; to be due. He belongs to go every day. The 'bus belongs to start soon.”

“[…] she belong to behave now she's growed up.”

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