belong

present (v1)

belong

past (v2)

belonged

past participle (v3)

belonged

present participle

belonging

3rd person singular

belongs

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To have its proper place.

   • You don’t belong here, get out.
   • I don’t belong to the Southside Crew.
   • Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.

2. 2.To be the property of, or be bound to by dependency or as an attribute.

   • A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
   • That house belongs to me.

3. 3.To be the spouse or partner of.

   • John wanted to ask Mary out on a date, but learned that Mary belonged to another man.

4. 4.(followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.

   • Does Tom belong to the club you're in?

Prep

Preposition

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A word placed before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show its relationship to another part of the sentence.

1. 1.Of, belonging to.

   • There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.
   • By an’ bye ’im grow ’m up make ’m good fella stockman b’longta you.
   • Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.

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