[
UK
/bɪlˈɒŋ/
]
[ US /bɪˈɫɔŋ/ ]
[ US /bɪˈɫɔŋ/ ]
VERB
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be owned by; be in the possession of
This book belongs to me -
be suitable or acceptable
This student somehow doesn't belong -
be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
They belong to the same political party -
be in the right place or situation
Where do these books go?
Where do these books belong?
Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government -
be rightly classified in a class or category
The whales belong among the mammals -
be a part or adjunct
These pages don't belong
the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection
How To Use belong In A Sentence
- The New York and Liverpool firm that your father belongs to sent on board an honest and peaceable cargo, but there was a good deal of room left in the hold, and the captain filled it up with cannon-balls, musket-bullets, and gunpowder from the English agents of no less a man than General Santa Ahead of the Army
- The areas of troilism and coprophilia are covered in some detail to establish to what degree they belong to the deviation of voyeurism.
- If you look at the guys left in the battle, you ask who is the puppet master, who belongs to who? The Sun
- The wood pewee, like its relative, the phoebe, feeds largely on the family of flies to which the house fly belongs. Bird Day; How to prepare for it
- Which of us would want our lives to lay in ruin while those who are supposed to help are busy fighting over politics, power and property that does not belong to them? National Council of Churches
- Experts agree that hippos belong to the mammalian order Artiodactyla, a group of even-toed, hoofed creatures whose extant representatives include camels, pigs and ruminants such as cows.
- On this special day that belongs to you,I'd like to tell you the happiness we share means more than I can show.With all my heart,I'm wishing the joy the whole year through.Happiness always!
- The national monetary sovereignty fully belongs to domestic affairs of a state, and the nation has the right of exerting its monetary sovereignty independently.
- It was part of an enormous collection of metalwork, glass, ceramics and miniatures belonging to Ralph Bernal, a lawyer and MP.
- the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection