belonging

Definitions

1. The feeling that one belongs.
   uncountable
2. The feeling that one belongs
3. Something physical that is owned.
   countable, in-plural
4. Something physical that is owned
5. One's portable property.Often used in plural:effect (used in plural), good (used in plural), lares and penates, personal effects, personal property, possession (used in plural), property, thing (often used in plural).
6. Family; relations; household
7. Acceptance as a natural member or part: a sense of belonging.
8. Family; relations; household.
   colloquial, countable, dated, plural, plural-only, uncountable
9. present participle and gerund of belong
10. belongings Personal items that one owns; possessions.
11. secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
12. belongings, possessions; personal effects.
13. close relationship: a sense of belonging.

Equivalents

16 more languages

العربيةالخصوصمملوك

Azərbaycan dilimənsubiyyət

Българскивещ

Suomikuuluminenlukeutuminen

Gaeilgegustal

Galegopertenza

עבריתהשתייכותשייך

हिन्दीमिल्कियत

日本語付属

ქართულისაკუთრება

Latinaovillus

Polskiprzynależny

Portuguêspertencepertencimento

Русскийпринадлежностьсобственность

Svenskaägodelhithörandetillhörigtillhörighet+ 1 more

Українськаналежний

Examples

“I have⟳ a feeling of belonging in London.”

“A need⟳ for belonging seems fundamental to humans.”

“Make⟳ sure you take⟳ all your belongings when you leave⟳.”

“[…] Thyself and thy belongings Are not thine own⟳ so proper as to waste⟳ Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.”

“In the little houses the tenant people sifted their belongings and the belongings of their fathers and of their grandfathers. Picked over their possessions for the journey to the west.”

“Now, upstairs, she changed into faded Levis and a green sweater, and fastened round her wrist her third most valued belonging, a gold watch⟳ […]”

“When Lady Kew said Sic volo, sic jubeo [Thus I will, thus I command], I promise⟳ you few persons of her ladyship’s belongings stopped, before they did her biddings, to ask⟳ her reasons.”

“As soon as the principal personages were seated, the verandah of the house was filled silently by the muffled-up forms of Lakamba’s female belongings.”

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