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Definition of Belong
1. Verb. Be owned by; be in the possession of. "This book belongs to me"
2. Verb. Be suitable or acceptable. "This student somehow doesn't belong"
3. Verb. Be in the right place or situation. "The chairs belong in the corner"; "Where do these books go?"
4. Verb. Be rightly classified in a class or category. "The whales belong among the mammals"
5. Verb. Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place). "They belong to the same political party"
6. Verb. Be a part or adjunct. "These pages don't belong"
Definition of Belong
1. v. i. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
2. v. t. To be deserved by.
Definition of Belong
1. Verb. (intransitive) To have its proper place. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) (''of a person'') To be accepted in a group. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) (''followed by'' '''to''') To be a part of a group. ¹
4. Verb. (intransitive) (''followed by'' '''to''') To be the property of. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) (''followed by'' '''to''') To be the spouse or partner of. (rfex) ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive set theory) (''followed by'' '''to''') To be an element of (a set). The symbol means '''''belongs''' to''. ¹
7. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To be deserved by. ¹
8. Preposition. (context: Australian Aboriginal? optionally followed by '''to''') Of, belonging to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belong
1. to be a member of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belong
Literary usage of Belong
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Poetry by Modern Poetry Association (1916)
"The shafts of my life are far-hurled- I cannot belong to you! . . . I belong to
the cataract, leaping; I belong to the west-wind, weeping; I belong to the ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"Thomas's Parish in the Suburbs of Oxford, who had belong'd to the Water many Years,
... It had belong'd before to Mr. John Rosewell, Fellow of that College, ..."
3. An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam ( Smith, Joseph Shield Nicholson (1895)
"In the a great and civilized monarchy, ought to belong to ... to that inequality
liarly belong to the sovereign or common- - which is occasioned by a ..."
4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"... alone we have in this place any concern) those of them which belong to any
one of those sanctions, differ not ultimately in kind from those which belong ..."
5. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"He quitted the young man with these words: "You'll come soon, will you not?
for you belong to it." "To what?" "The calf s head!" "What calf s head? ..."
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