belong
/bɪˈlɒŋ/ verb A2- To have its proper place. · Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.
- To be accepted in a group. · You don’t belong here — get out.
- To be a part of a group. · I don’t belong to the Southside Crew.
- To be the property of, or be bound to by dependency or as an attribute. · That house belongs to me.
- To be the spouse or partner of. · John wanted to ask Mary out on a date, but learned that Mary belonged to another man.
- (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to. · Suppose x belongs to #92;mathbb#123;R#125;…
- To do something habitually or customarily.
He/she/it belongs · Past belonged · Past participle belonged · -ing form belonging
Verb forms
- Base form
- belong
- He/she/it
- belongs
- Past
- belonged
- Past participle
- belonged
- -ing form
- belonging
From the library
Suddenly she came upon a little three-legged table, all made of solid glass; there was nothing on it except a tiny golden key, and Alice’s first thought was that it might belong to one of the doors of the hall; but, alas!
And it’ll fetch things when you throw them, and it’ll sit up and beg for its dinner, and all sorts of things—I can’t remember half of them—and it belongs to a farmer, you know, and he says it’s so useful, it’s worth a hundred pounds!
Alice could think of nothing else to say but “It belongs to the Duchess: you’d better ask _her_ about it.”
For this odour belonged to Miss Leslie; it was her own, and hers only.
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