belong
be owned by; be in the possession of
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,287 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,622 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- be owned by; be in the possession of This book belongs to me
- be suitable or acceptable This student somehow doesn't belong
- be in the right place or situation also: go Where do these books belong?Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government
- be rightly classified in a class or category The whales belong among the mammals
- be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place) They belong to the same political party
- be a part or adjunct also: belong to the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collectionThese pages don't belong
belong in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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He said: “I belong to the ship.”
The nigger of the "Narcissus" · Joseph Conrad · Chapter 1
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This is the regiment to which I belong.
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
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Having just designated the place where White-Jacket belonged, it must needs be related how White-Jacket came to belong there.
White Jacket · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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We are all convinced of the righteousness and reasonableness of majority rule--when we happen to belong to the majority.
Crankisms · Lisle de Vaux Matthewman · Chapter 1
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Then she understood how absolutely she had given herself up, and to what extent she had ceased to belong to herself.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1