belong

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♦ be|long /bɪl'ɒŋ, AM -l'ɔːŋ/ (belongs belonging belonged)
1 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If something belongs to you, you own it.
The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.
2 [VERB] no cont, V to n
You say that something belongs to a particular person when you are guessing, discovering, or explaining that it was produced by or is part of that person.
The handwriting belongs to a male...
3 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If someone belongs to a particular group, they are a member of that group.
I used to belong to a youth club.
4 [VERB] no cont, V in/to n
If something or someone belongs in or to a particular category, type, or group, they are of that category, type, or group.
The judges could not decide which category it belonged in...
5 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If something belongs to a particular time, it comes from that time.
The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
6 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If you say that something belongs to someone, you mean that person has the right to it.
...but the last word belonged to Rosanne.
7 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If you say that a time belongs to a particular system or way of doing something, you mean that that time is or will be characterized by it.
The future belongs to democracy.
8 [VERB] no cont, V to n
If a baby or child belongs to a particular adult, that adult is his or her parent or the person who is looking after him or her.
He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.
9 [V-RECIP] no cont, V together, V with n
When lovers say that they belong together, they are expressing their closeness or commitment to each other.
I really think that we belong together...
He belongs with me.
10 [VERB] no cont, V adv/prep, V adv/prep, V
If a person or thing belongs in a particular place or situation, that is where they should be.
You don't belong here...
I'm so glad to see you back where you belong...
They need to feel they belong.
● belonging [N-UNCOUNT]
...a man utterly without a sense of belonging.

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