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belong
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As a verb, belong means have its proper place. As a preposition, it means of, belonging to.
Meanings of belong
12 meaningsverb
To have its proper place.
“Where does this document belong?”
of a personTo be accepted in a group.
“You don’t belong here — get out.”
followed by toTo be a part of a group.
“I don’t belong to them!”
followed by toTo be part of, or the property of.
“That house belongs to me.”
followed by toTo be the spouse or partner of.
Be owned by; be in the possession of
“This book belongs to me”
Be suitable or acceptable
“This student somehow doesn't belong”
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?”
Similar: goBe rightly classified in a class or category
“The whales belong among the mammals”
Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
“They belong to the same political party”
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteTo be deserved by.
preposition
australian aboriginaloptionally followed by toOf, belonging to.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).