Belong
[bɪ'lɒŋ] or [bɪ'lɔŋ]
Definition
(verb.) be owned by; be in the possession of; 'This book belongs to me'.
(verb.) be rightly classified in a class or category; 'The whales belong among the mammals'.
(verb.) be suitable or acceptable; 'This student somehow doesn't belong'.
(verb.) be in the right place or situation; 'Where do these books belong?'; 'Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government'; 'Where do these books go?'.
(verb.) be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); 'They belong to the same political party'.
Typed by Doreen--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
(v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
(v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
(v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. t.) To be deserved by.
Checked by Jennie
Definition
v.i. to go along with: to pertain to: to be one's property: to be a part of or appendage of or in any way connected with: to be specially the business of: (U.S.) to be a native of or have a residence in.—n.pl. Belong′ings circumstances or relations of any person: possessions: persons connected relatives: accessories.
Typed by Harley
Examples
- I suppose the virtue to belong to my companion, not to myself; and observe what follows from this alteration. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Do you feel, yet, that you belong to this terrestrial scheme again, Mr. Darnay? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- They belong to the living, I suppose; if not, you must purchase them. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Now look at the Galeopithecus or so-called flying lemur, which was formerly ranked among bats, but is now believed to belong to the Insectivora. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Do I really belong to them? Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I belong to the shop, only my sister has a theory that our governor must never know it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- They belong to men who are blood-relatives. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I wish, Mr. Yeobright, you could give me something to keep that once belonged to her--if you don't mind. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He once said that he was educated in a university where all the students belonged to families of the aristocracy; and the highest class in the university all wore little red caps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Seeing a soldier in blue on this log, I rode up to him, commenced conversing with him, and asked whose corps he belonged to. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The house belonged to people in business. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I believe Miggles belonged to a Bank. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- A certain set of words and phrases, as much belonging to tourists as the College and the Snuggery belonged to the jail, was always in their mouths. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There I was told the island belonged to Turkey, as the Greek tributary islands only extend as far down as Santorin. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I soon fell into the company of some Dutch sailors belonging to the Amboyna, of Amsterdam, a stout ship of 450 tons. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Moreover, a priest is a man vowed, trained, and consecrated, a man belonging to a special corps, and necessarily with an intense _esprit de corps_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A promise, therefore, is naturally something altogether unintelligible, nor is there any act of the mind belonging to it. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- All others belonging to him have gone to the Power and the Glory, and I have a mind that they're drawing him to them--leading him away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- A certain set of words and phrases, as much belonging to tourists as the College and the Snuggery belonged to the jail, was always in their mouths. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- No one at all like him, or belonging to him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- The Orloff diamond, belonging to the Emperor of Russia, weighs 195 carats; the Pitt diamond, among the French crown jewels, 136-1/2. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They have been looking at the house in St. Peter's Place, next to Mr. Hackbutt's; it belongs to him, and he is putting it nicely in repair. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Or I could turn you a rare handle for that crutch-stick, if it belongs to him you call your father. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was now a real animation; and she began to dress for it with much of the happy flutter which belongs to a ball. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The old parsons is worth the whole lump of college lads; they know what belongs to good manners, and is kind to high and low. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- All this country belongs to the Papal States. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A dearer one belongs to you, Perdita, mother of his child. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I shall not enlarge upon this objection, because it principally belongs to natural philosophy, which lies without our present sphere. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
Typist: Waldo