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What (who) is belong - definition
belong
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Belong (song); Belong (disambiguation); Belong (album)
v.
1) (d; intr.) ('to deserve to be') to belong in (he belongs in jail)
2) (d; intr.) to belong to ('to be owned by') (the book belongs to her)
3) (d; intr.) to belong to ('to be a member of') (to belong to an organization)
4) (d; intr.) ('to be appropriate') to belong under (this item belongs under a different heading)
Belong
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Belong (song); Belong (disambiguation); Belong (album)
·vt To be deserved by.
II. Belong ·vi To be suitable for; to be due to.
III. Belong ·vi To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
IV. Belong ·vi To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
V. Belong ·vi To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
VI. Belong ·vi To be native to, or an inhabitant of; ·esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.
belong
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Belong (song); Belong (disambiguation); Belong (album)
¦ verb
1. (belong to) be the property of.
be the rightful possession of; be due to.
2. (belong to) be a member of.
(of a person) fit or be acceptable in a specified place or environment.
3. (of a thing) be rightly placed in or assigned to a specified position.
Derivatives
belonging noun
belongingness noun
Origin
ME: from be- + long 'belong', based on OE gelang 'together with'.
Examples of use of belong
1. We belong to Serbia, and they belong to Albania," Jankovic said.
2. "Once you belong to the Outfit, you belong for life," Mars said.
3. They [leaders] do not belong to their original culture, they belong to Western culture.
4. "If you don‘t belong religiously, you don‘t belong politically," he said.
5. By Irma Stenbäck "I don‘t belong to anybody, and I belong to everybody.