belong

About 20.77 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have its proper place.

   Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.

2. verb To be accepted in a group.

   You don’t belong here — get out.

3. verb To be a part of a group.

   I don’t belong to the Southside Crew.

4. verb To live in or be from a place.
5. verb To be the property of, or be bound to by dependency or as an attribute.

   That house belongs to me.

6. verb To be the spouse or partner of.

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

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

   Suppose x belongs to ℝ…

8. verb To be deserved by.

Similar words

consist dwell lie in lie go pertain include represent correspond relate

Often followed by

to in the together here only and with there

Word family

belonged belonging belongs