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belong to

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be⋅long

  [bi-lawng, -long]
Use belong to in a Sentence
–verb (used without object)
1. to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually fol. by to): He belongs to the Knights of Columbus.
2. to have the proper qualifications, esp. social qualifications, to be a member of a group: You don't belong in this club.
3. 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
4. belong to,
a. to be the property of: The book belongs to her.
b. to be a part or adjunct of: That cover belongs to this jar.
Origin:
1300–50; ME belongen, equiv. to be- be- + longen to belong, v. deriv. of long (adj.) belonging, OE gelang along1
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Word Origin & History

belong 
1340, "to go along with, relate to," from be- intensive prefix, + O.E. langian "pertain to, to go along with." Sense of "to be the property of" first recorded 1393. Replaced earlier O.E. gelang, with completive prefix ge-. First record of belongings "goods, effects," is from 1817.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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