to belong
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- verb
- /bɪˈlɔŋ/
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- The world I know belongs entirely to me, as yours belongs entirely to you.
- belong to a category
- belong to the same category
- properly belong
And so all of these things, he says, belong to my nature.
- And so all of these things, he says, belong to my nature.
- A nice formula which sort of belongs in people's knowledge.
- Look, I just don't think cop shit belongs in education software.
- You cannot force anything to belong in your life.
- The thing is this crabs didn't belong in fucking barrels.
- It's a complete myth that belongs in bad undergraduate textbooks.
- So the emotional journey of the character does not belong in that narrator.
- That door closure sounds like it belongs on a car of this price tag.
- Have you been attracted to or dated people who belong in prison?
- Might be an alien, a technology that doesn't belong there first and foremost.
- So it's so clear that MDMA doesn't belong in schedule one.
Examples
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Arsenal back where they belong, top of the league.
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What if this is right where I belong?
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You cannot force anything to belong in your life.
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That man seemed to belong here.
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This is where we belong.
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I think you two belong in separate boats.
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Put the stones back where they belong.
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And no, this belongs in my kitchen drawer.
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Asian Americans and African Americans were less likely to belong to the substance use groups than European Americans.
Academic text (2011) -
She finally found a community where she belongs and feels accepted.
Synonyms
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To fit with a particular thing or place
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To be part of a group or be owned by someone
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Be part of or connected with something, often as a right
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Etymology
Belong also came to mean 'to fit in the right place' from the idea of 'being fitting' or 'being proper', so when we say a painting belongs in a museum we mean it is in the right place or group.