belong
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.
belong to,
to be the property of: The book belongs to her.
to be a part or adjunct of: That cover belongs to this jar.
Origin of belong
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How to use belong in a sentence
Imagine what we could achieve — the coalition we are building this very season, gathering progressives and moderates, independents and even former Republicans, to help build a future where everyone belongs.
Buttigieg invokes progress of LGBTQ movement at Democratic convention | Chris Johnson | August 21, 2020 | Washington BladeAt the time, they both belonged to very small minorities in the US.
The school board also plans to hold an equity workshop – with help from the San Diego County Office of Education – to decide what belongs in a new equity policy, initially drafted by the California School Boards Association.
‘Educate, Not Indoctrinate’: Anti-Racism Push in Coronado Schools Fuels Backlash | Ashly McGlone | August 18, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoMoreover, Google allows you to choose from a vast assortment of fanbases, such that those belonging to the travel and tourism, global business, the sports world, and the others.
How to use in-market audiences for better search campaigns | Harikrishna Kundariya | August 18, 2020 | Search Engine WatchMonths later, without asking McGlone, the university then narrowed the request to just three email accounts belonging to the chancellor, environmental health and safety director and the campus emergency manager.
He also earned a Grammy and platinum record for “Up Where We belong.”
The Greatest Rock Voice of All Time Belonged to Joe Cocker | Ted Gioia | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey seem to belong to us, and then they freely go—behavior very uncharacteristic of a shadow or a shoe.
“For the record, I do not believe unions belong in government—including the police force,” Sherk said in an e-mail.
“Most Jamaicans are religious and belong to fundamentalist Christian denominations,” he said.
How Maurice Tomlinson Was Outed in Jamaica—and Forced Into Exile | Jay Michaelson | December 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOthers earn our admiration because they belong more to a particular moment.
Renaissance Man Jared Leto Defies Categorization | The Daily Beast | December 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe seeds, however, are so small that the variety to which they belong cannot be determined except by planting or sowing them.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.I should judge from the streets that not more than one-fourth of the females of Galway belong to the shoe-wearing aristocracy.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThe leukocytes of pus, pus-corpuscles, belong almost wholly to this variety.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHe explained quietly that he did not belong here, but was making a tour of the parishes of Wurttemberg and Baden.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodThe great majority belong to the colon bacillus group, and are negative to Gram's method of staining.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell Todd
British Dictionary definitions for belong
/ (bɪˈlɒŋ) /
(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 by to, 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
Origin of belong
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with belong
see to the victor belong the spoils.
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