Associations to the word «belong»

BELONG, verb. (intransitive) To have its proper place.

BELONG, verb. (of a person) To be accepted in a group.

BELONG, verb. (followed by to) To be a part of a group.

BELONG, verb. (intransitive) (followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.

BELONG, verb. (intransitive) (followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.

BELONG, verb. (intransitive) (set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol \(\in \) means belongs to.

BELONG, verb. (obsolete) (transitive) To be deserved by.

BELONG, preposition. (Australian Aboriginal‎) (optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.

BELONG, verb. Be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me".

BELONG, verb. Be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't belong".

BELONG, verb. 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?".

BELONG, verb. Be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales belong among the mammals".

BELONG, verb. Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); "They belong to the same political party".

BELONG, verb. Be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong".