'Belong' definitions:
Definition of 'belong'
(from WordNet)
verb
Be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to me"
verb
Be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't 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?" [syn: belong, go]
verb
Be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales belong among the mammals"
verb
Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place); "They belong to the same political party"
verb
Be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" [syn: belong to, belong]
Definition of 'Belong'
From: GCIDE
- Belong \Be*long"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Belonged; p. pr. & vb. n. Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. i.]
- Note: [Usually construed with to.]
- 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. [1913 Webster]
- A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. --Luke ix. 10. [1913 Webster]
- The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God ?" --Gen. xl. 8. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To be suitable for; to be due to. [1913 Webster]
- Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. --Heb. v. 14. [1913 Webster]
- No blame belongs to thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. [1913 Webster]
- Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Belong'
From: GCIDE
- Belong \Be*long"\, v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- More evils belong us than happen to us. --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'belong'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- affect,
- agree,
- answer to,
- appertain,
- appertain to,
- apply to,
- be a member,
- be inscribed,
- be there,
- bear on,
- bear upon,
- become,
- befit,
- belong to,
- carry a card,
- chime,
- concern,
- connect,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- deal with,
- fit,
- fit in,
- go,
- harmonize,
- have connection with,
- have its place,
- have place,
- hold membership,
- indwell,
- inhere,
- interest,
- involve,
- liaise with,
- link with,
- match,
- pertain,
- pertain to,
- refer to,
- regard,
- relate to,
- respect,
- set,
- subscribe,
- suit,
- tally,
- tie in with,
- touch,
- touch upon,
- treat of,
- vest,
- vest in