[
UK
/bɪlˈɒŋɪŋ/
]
[ US /bɪˈɫɔŋɪŋ/ ]
[ US /bɪˈɫɔŋɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
-
happiness felt in a secure relationship
with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging
How To Use belonging In A Sentence
- It was part of an enormous collection of metalwork, glass, ceramics and miniatures belonging to Ralph Bernal, a lawyer and MP.
- He picked up a necklace belonging to Dylan that had been concecrated and, concentrating on Dylan, used it to scry with.
- When Wood returned to the truck parked on Panorama Drive, her bike was gone along with two others belonging to friends visiting from Washing-ton state.
- In 1998, just before then President Suharto stepped down, unrest and arson destroyed or damaged hundreds of properties belonging to ethnic Chinese in Solo.
- Dressed in a leopard print hijab she collected belongings and her cat. The Sun
- At least 70 people have been detained in connection with the proposed rally, on charges of belonging to the banned group. Times, Sunday Times
- I also saw a large tree and obtained specimens of it, belonging to the natural order BIGNONIACEAE, with terminal spikes of yellow flowers, and rough cordate leaves; and a proteaceous plant with long compound racemes of white flowers, and deeply cut leaves, resembling a tree with true pinnate leaves. Narrative of an expedition undertaken for the exploration of the country lying between Rockingham Bay and Cape York
- She told me the camp was a vacation resort belonging to her family.
- RIYADH - A cargo plane belonging to the German carrier Lufthansa crashed on landing at Riyadh airport on Tuesday, Saudi television reported. Channel NewsAsia Front Page News
- A small group of six chemicals (monocrotophos, glyphosate, metamidophos, zineb, benomyl and deltamethrin) belonging to different chemical classes were used by 50 or more workers.