belongv.

Brit.

/bᵻˈlɒŋ/, U.S.

/bəˈlɔŋ/,

/biˈlɔŋ/,

/bəˈlɑŋ/,

/biˈlɑŋ/

Forms: Old English belangian, Middle English balang, Middle English belange, Middle English bilonge, Middle English bylonge, Middle English–1500s belongh, Middle English–1600s belonge, Middle English– belong, 1500s belonh, 1600s beelong; Scottish pre-1700 1800s– belang, 1700s belong; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s belang, 1800s beleng, 1800s belung (Staffordshire), 1800s b'long (Cornwall); U.S. regional (southern, chiefly in representations of African-American speech) 1800s b'longded (past tense), 1800s blants (3rd singular present indicative), 1800s–1900s blan, 1800s–1900s blanks (3rd singular present indicative), 1800s– blonks (3rd singular present indicative).

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch belangen to demand, belengen to achieve, obtain (Dutch (chiefly early modern) †belangen to reach for, to be the property of, (in later use mainly) to achieve, obtain), Middle Low German belangen to reach for, to demand, to pertain to, (in law) to hold responsible, Old High German bilangēn to long (for) (Middle High German belangen to long (for), to extend, German belangen to reach, to long for, to pertain to, (now usually, in law) to hold responsible) < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of long adj.¹ Compare later long v.³ Compare also belong adj. and beleng adj.Compare further (from the respective verbs) Middle Dutch belanc longing, interest (Dutch belang interest, concern), Middle Low German belang interest, concern, importance, Middle High German belanc longing (German Belang interest, concern, importance).

†a. intransitive. With to, unto. To be the business, concern, or duty of. Also without construction: to be obligatory. Obsolete.

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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > be fitting or proper

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OE Homily (Otho C.i) in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 26 (1997) 219 Hwæt belangað þæs þonne to eow [L. quid ad te?].., ac asmeagað eow sylfe.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 259 (MED) Which is the propre duete Belongende unto the presthode.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 215 Suffisaunt To do al that a man bilongeth to.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xii. 9 Neuer ne left he..his burdon, as it bylongeth to a good pylgrym.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Gg2^v To learne the good what trauailes do belong.

1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 37 We know what belongs to a watch.

1611 Bible (King James) Dan. ix. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiuenesses.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 807 Of this cursed crew The punishment to other hand belongs .

b. intransitive. Chiefly with to. To be appropriate, suitable, or fitting (for something); to be characteristic of something. Also impersonal or with non-referential it as subject. Also occasionally transitive. Now rare (English regional in later use).

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 176 Þe ulessliche [þoȝtes] belongeþ to lost an to wylninges.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2293 (MED) Who that wole in his degre Travaile so as it belongeth.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 246 Þus it bilongeth [c1450 Rawl. longeth] to bileue to lewed þat willen dowel.

1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 308 Accountis..of alle other mercementis & dutees..the which it bilongith hem bi this composicioun to gadere.

1469 in Archaeologia (1806) 15 173 (MED) The seid maister..shall..stand charged in the maner as belongeth.

1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii^v Theys haukes belong to an Emproure.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xv. 239 He was wele horsed as to soche a man be-longeth.

1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 188 To rakin thame al in this place it belanges nat to our purpose.

1602 W. Percy in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 238 To do all offices that belongeth a Christian man to do.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 111 They therefore as to right belongd, So were created.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 397. ¶3 Grief has a natural Eloquence belonging to it.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 73 Here..it doth not well belong To speak.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 121/1 I was a gentleman's footman when I was a young man..and saw life both in town and country; so I knows what things belongs.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. xi. 322 He..works with all the zest that belongs to fresh ideas.

1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) It duz n't belong to bairns to knaw ivery thing 'at's talk'd on.

1975 C. Causley Coll. Poems 1951–75 232 And a Cornish man with a Cornish maid Is how it belongs to be.

c. intransitive. With to, with. To be owed or due to a person (by right, in fairness, etc., or in the opinion of the writer or speaker); to lie with; to be ascribed to.

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c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 25* (MED) For king Richardes sake, To whom belongeth my ligeance.

1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. Prol. The goodnesse, mercyfulnesse and constaunt truth of the kinges grace whose gifte it is and to whome y^e prayse & thanke thereof belongeth of duetye and right.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 217 Prythee be not sad, Thou art true, and honest; Ingeniously I speake, No blame belongs to thee.

1724 F. Hauksbee Patch 2 To Chloe now Eternal Praise belongs, She fires the Muse, and fills unnumber'd Songs.

1819 W. Gunn Historia Brittonum Pref. p. xlii My best thanks belong to Mr. Owen Pughe;..his assistance, both by letter and conference, has never been denied.

1903 Mixer & Server 15 Mar. 48/1 I might say that a great amount of our latest success belongs to our hustling Business Agent.

1991 ABA Jrnl. Mar. 8/2 Much of the fault belongs with our system of capital representation.

2009 New Yorker 9 Nov. 77/1 Much of the credit (or blame) for the back-yard-chicken fad belongs to the ‘local food’ movement.

d. transitive. English regional (chiefly Cornwall) and U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). With to-infinitive. To be obliged; to be accustomed. Also: to be likely.

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1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 4/1 ‘She belongs to stay in to-night’ = it's her turn to stay in to-night.

1901–7 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 53/1 John Henry belongs to folla afteh Sayrah.

1935 A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. xi. 453 The expression reported from South Dakota, ‘I got up at six o'clock this morning although I don't belong to get up until seven.’

1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 39 When it back-fired, that belongs to mean the mainspring's got weak.

1993 K. C. Phillipps Gloss. Cornish Dial. 21 I don't belong to make pasties Thursdays.

2. intransitive. With to.

a. To be the property or possession of; to be owned by. Formerly also with †unto. Also occasionally transitive (regional, esp. Scottish).Frequently in present participle following a noun denoting the thing possessed.

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the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)]

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c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1832 (MED) Þe douke Segyn..Þat al Lowayne bilongeþ to.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 7340 (MED) For who so wole it wel agrope, To hem belongeth al Europe.

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ii. l. 43 Telle ȝe me now to wham þat tresour by-longeþ [c1400 Vesp. apendeþ, a1425 Cambr. befallith].

1453 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 203 (MED) Ornamentis and other goodes belonging to the saide Chaunterie.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii Y^e Blessyd Martha was a woman of noble blode to whom by enheritaunce belonged y^e castel of bethany.

1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 364/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Diuerse townes, villages, and hamlets belonging vnto the said Maconell.

1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 67 Affirming, that deceitfully..he had stolne many Cities and places of importance belonging to the Crown of England.

a1692 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1723) II. 424 The Hundred of Wargrave did for many Ages belong to the Bishops of Winchester.

1703 J. Clerk Mem. (1892) 46 I was mounted on a fine gray pad belonging to the Duke of Queensberry.

1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) I. iii. 85 Thy buxom wench..Belongs a better man than thee.

a1796 R. Burns Wks. (1800) IV. 16 The Deil he could na scaith thee, Or aught that wad belang thee.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 365/1 Rushen Abbey..belonged to the Cistercian order.

1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 1105 Property belonging to another state.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 277 The place belonged to her late husband, Sir James.

1956 G. Taylor Silver v. 97 A rose-water dish of 1672 belonging to St John's College, Oxford.

2008 J. D. McClure tr. M. Campbell in D. L. Potts & A. D. Unsworth Region, Nation, Frontiers i. 16 It aa belangs the white man: darg, pouer, technology, the warld.

2012 T. Forward Doubleborn (2015) 315 I made that mirror. It belongs to me. I'm taking it back.

b. Esp. of a name: to designate or denote a particular person or thing.

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?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. E5^v The name of a prince belonged to hym that is nowe our souerayne lorde and kynge.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. ii. 190 The particular Name that belongs to every one [thing].

1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown 361 The common Name for impious Persons is Zendik, which I take it strictly belongs to those who assert the Eternity of the World.

1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 502 Celestine, a name now strictly belonging to a kind of strontian.

1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent ii. 18 He..made diagonally for the number 10. This belonged to an imposing carriage gate.

2008 Vanity Fair Sept. 354 The term ‘supermodel’ belongs to them: six glamazons who..won first-name, goddess status..in the 1990s.

c. Chiefly Philosophy. To be inherent in; to be an (esp. essential) attribute, property, or quality of.

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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > belong to or be an attribute of

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1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xvi^v He tolde them theyr myndes & thoughtes, whiche is a property belongynge onely to god.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. 469 It [sc. matter] must have equal motion in all its particles, if motion doth belong to it.

a1704 J. Locke Posthumous Wks. (1706) 191 This way of containing all things can by no means belong to God.

1776 in C. Davy & F. Davy tr. M.-T. Bourrit Relation of Journey to Glaciers Savoy (ed. 2) Editor's Pref. sig. A3 The power of discerning Truth belongs to us as Men.

1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 193 The accompaniment of activity belongs to every one of the senses.

1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 275 The innumerable ‘attributes’ which must belong to an infinite nature.

1901 B. Russell in Mind 10 310 Being is that which belongs to every conceivable term, to every possible object of thought.

1996 O. Goldin Explaining Eclipse (1999) iv. 85 This attribute belongs to all isosceles triangles.

2015 R. E. Wood Beautiful, True & Good xiv. 284 For both Hegel and Nietzche, embodiment belongs to the nature of reason itself.

d. In extended use, expressing control.

(a) Of a contest (now esp. a sporting contest): to be won by; to be dominated by (esp. to such a degree that victory is assured).

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1844 B. Bensley Henry VIII. & his Contemporaries 45 The Swiss..were routed by the cross-bowmen who fought under the duke d'Alencon. The day belonged to the French.

1885 Outing Nov. 214/2 Another tack was taken by both yachts... The Scotland lightship was now in sight, and the race belonged to neither.

1910 Michiganensian 235 The score was 23 to 0 and the game belonged to the Michigan boys from the first whistle.

1999 M. Eisenbath Cardinals Encycl. 485/2 The rest of the game belonged to the Cardinals..as they won 4–2.

2015 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 27 Jan. 43 Keresley gained a late consolation score but the match belonged to Newent.

(b) More generally: to be the domain of; to be at the disposal of.

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1886 N.-Y. Times 23 June 5/1 The greater part of to-day belonged to the Alumni of Rutgers. They monopolized the campus until the rain fell.

1959 New Statesman 23 May 728/1 A whole area of petty bureaucracy belongs to the lower middle class mestizo or cholo.

1998 G. S. Petrone Judgment at Gallatin 147 The rest of the afternoon belonged to John F. Philips, the smooth-talking trial lawyer from Kansas City.

2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam ii. 29 At this early hour of the morning the city still belonged to those whose job it was to prepare and dress it for the coming day.

e. colloquial (as a humorous reversal of sense 2a). To be the possessor of something; to own. Often in interrogative contexts, as who belongs to this—? Also occasionally transitive.

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the mind > possession > owning > own [verb (transitive)]

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1921 Of all the Ungrateful Purps! in H. A. MacGill Percy & Ferdie Who belongs to this here purp? No muzzle or license on him.

1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 32 I didn't know who belonged to those pistols.

1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 25/1 'Oo belongs yon pair o' black gluvvs ovver theer?

2012 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 18 The questions that madden him are those of possession: Who belongs to this hat?

3. intransitive. With to. To pertain, refer, or relate to; to have to do with, concern. Formerly also with †unto. Now rare (regional or archaic).

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the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)]

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1340 Ayenbite (1866) 12 Þe oþer article [of þe cristene byleue] belongeþ to þe zone.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2904 (MED) That word belongeth unto thee.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxiii. l. 444 (MED) Alle that Nyht hadden they here talkyng, that to alle holynesse was belongeng.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. i. 24 Nor belongen these my woordes onelye to you, but generally to all nacions.

1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 122 What soeuer belongeth vnto the highest perfection of man.

1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. vii. 22 He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord.

1664 W. Killigrew Pandora ii. 24 Hold your pratling, my conversion does not belong to you.

1790 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 2) II. 7 There is a curious circumstance belonging to the class of insects which have two wings.

1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxiv. 142 What her obligations were, and who this lady was, belongs in no way to this history.

1952 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C908) (MS transcript) Track 53 There's a lot that belongs to ringing.

a. With to, †unto.

(a) intransitive. Of a person: to be a member or affiliate of a particular group or category; to be a follower or adherent of a person, a subject of a ruler, a member of a family, a native or inhabitant of a place, etc.; (now esp.) to be a member of a club. Also (occasionally) with to-phrase implied (e.g. I belong to the choir. Do you belong?). Also transitive: to be a member or affiliate of (a group or category) (regional).

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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be part of something [verb (intransitive)]

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to go with ——1567

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2345 The Nimphes of the welles, And othre..Unto the wodes belongende.

1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 186 If there were any bondmen wythin the paid lordship..to the same regardaunte or in grosse belonging.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther viii. A Hester tolde how that he belonged vnto her.

1562 Petition in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. i. xxx. 342 The beadles and other officers, belonging to either of the Universities.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 4 Good M. Porter I belong to th' Larder.

1769 Descr. Eng. & Wales I. 225 The chief officers belonging to this corporation, are..an auditor of the accounts, a registerer, receiver, serjeant at mace, and surveyor of the Level.

1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott vii. 140 Had a very laborious meeting at Barnagat, though a few exercised Friends belong there.

1856 Sat. Rev. 28 June 189 Mr. Pierce belongs to New Hampshire.

1884 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 112 Those who belong to the rank and file of life need this warning most.

1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 13 He belongs the club.

1906 E. P. Oppenheim Maker of Hist. xi. 81 I was going to the Cercle Anglais... Do you belong?

1976 C. Bermant Coming Home ii. iv. 173 I belong to two synagogues.

2007 Uncut Feb. 29/1 I used to belong to The Beatles fan club.

(b) intransitive. Of a material or immaterial thing: to constitute a part of something; to be an adjunct, appendage, etc., of something; (also) to come from, originate in. In quot. 1423: to form or constitute the materials for something.

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1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 163 (MED) A gronsell and all oþer tymber þat Shall belonge to þe seid bay wendowe.

1483 Will of Sir William Taylour (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/7) f. 79^v Item, I bequeth to my Cosyn Robert Sturmyn..all the enournamente belonging vnto my Chapell.

1534 tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation vnto Syluester sig. L^v All places within the precincte of the sayd cytie, and all villages, stretes, territories belongyng to it.

c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 307/4 The heiring of the dome belangand to the said tenement.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶1 The great Yard that belongs to my Friend's Country House.

1781 H. P. Wyndham Tour through Monmouthshire & Wales (ed. 2) 9 It may require some difficulty to ascertain the building, to which this tesselated floor could belong.

1831 Star 10 Feb. 1/4 The largest Gobelin carpet that was ever made, which belonged to the chief chamber in Versailles.

1894 F. W. Dendy Farms Northumbld. in Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 16 127 The full number of strips in the open arable fields which belonged to each customary homestead in the village.

1920 S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity I. 161 In these thought constructions we are dealing..with ideas belonging to the empirical world.

2010 Observer 25 July 10/2 The technology..belongs to a fast-growing field known as ‘predictive analytics’.

(c) intransitive. Of a group of organisms, substances, etc.: to be situated in a specified category within a system of classification.

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1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 134 You are faine to make a distribution, of which only one species belongs to the Genus.

1687 J. Floyer Φαρμακο-βασανος i. i. 143 Narrow-Leav'd All-heal..belongs to the Species of Sideritis.

1703 W. Dampier Acct. Plants in Voy. New Holland 158 A Columella thick set with thrummy apiculæ, which argue this Plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind.

1770 D. Monro Treat. Mineral Waters II. 145 An earth..which..belongs to the class called agaric mineral.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 59 None of the associated mammiferous remains belong to species which now exist.

1860 Chem. News 30 June 26/1 At present the representatives of the organo-mercury series all belong to the mercuric type.

1908 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 54 588 Cases of hysteria of purely sexual origin..belong to the psychic traumatism type established by Brewer [sic] and Freud.

1934 China Press (Shanghai) 10 Mar. 11/2 Accessories that belong to the category of ‘superfluities’ insofar as good dressing goes.

2006 New Scientist 23 Sept. 8/1 The child belongs to the species Australopithecus afarensis.

b. With adverbs (esp. here, where) or prepositional phrases indicating position (introduced by with, among, under, in, etc.).

(a) intransitive. Of a person: to be rightfully or fittingly situated in, or have an affinity for, a specified place or situation.

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1754 tr. in Coll. Hymns Children of God in All Ages (Moravian Church) ii. 121/1 The Place where all Men belong of right.

1821 J. F. Cooper Spy II. ix. 139 I have never known whether he belonged above or below.

1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxvii. 215 You belong with the last [set], and got accidentally shuffled in with the others.

1889 W. Whitman in Cent. Mag. (1911) 11 Jan. 256/2 He was not a closet man, belonged out-of-doors.

1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. x. 98 I saw you took to each other. I saw you belonged with each other.

1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iii. 31 I looked as if I belonged in Whipsnade [i.e. at the zoo].

2006 Reader's Digest Apr. 28/1 A soothing feeling of being where I belonged.

(b) intransitive. Of a material or immaterial thing: to be rightfully or fittingly placed in a specified location or position.

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1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk II. 191 The silver cup which belonged here is now the only cup in Great Wacton church.

1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott viii. 226 We were enabled to place the burthen of our exercise where it belonged.

1867 A. J. Evans St. Elmo x. 127 To replace it in the glass box where it belongs.

1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 234 With a little sigh for the pulque that fitly and deliciously belongs with mole.

1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 10/2 Into one of these [pockets] go the things found in one room which belong in another.

1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker vi. xxxiv. 782 Finkelstein's statement ‘that he would save a great deal of money if his budget were trebled’, belongs in the funny papers.

2003 Sing Out! Winter 121/2 Smith puts the most technical information where it belongs: in several excellent appendices.

(c) intransitive. Of a group of organisms, substances, etc.: to be rightfully or fittingly placed in a specified category within a system of classification.

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1821 Bot. Reg. 7 602 Whether the Aristotelea spiralis of Loureiro belongs here or not, can scarcely be satisfactorily decided from the description given by that author.

1889 E. Carpenter Civilisation 58 The theories of Science generally belong under the second head.

1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 235 Topazof aluminum, belongs among the hardest of minerals.

1954 M. F. Rodell Myst. Fiction ii. 4 Westerns, ‘romances’, historical novels, and fantasies..all belong in the same category.

2014 A. J. Shaw in Flora N. Amer. North of Mexico XXVIII. 10/1 Another North American species traditionally classified in Mielichhoferia..belongs with Bryum in Bryaceae.

c. intransitive. Without construction. Of a person: to have the right personal or social qualities to be a member of a particular group; to fit in.

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1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. xiv. 209 From the first moment I saw her I felt that she belonged.

1949 Scrutiny 16 9 This remark of Eliot's..suggests that Byron doesn't quite ‘belong’.

1960 Guardian 4 Mar. 8/7 People also feel they want to belong and matter.

1991 M. E. Wertsch Military Brats viii. 271 It is crucial for military brats to..face our unrequited need to belong.

2015 in M. Chávez et al. Living the Dream (2016) v. 122 I don't feel like I don't belong.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	belong
释义	† belongadj. Forms: late Old English belang, early Middle English bilong. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch belanc related, relevant, belonging (Dutch †belang ), Old Saxon bilang related to (by kinship) < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of long adj.¹ (see along adj.¹ and compare long adj.²). Compare beleng adj. and belong v. Obsolete. rare. With on. Attributable to; dependent upon or in the power of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] goodeOE rightOE queemlOE belonglOE behovingc1175 limplyc1200 tidefula1300 avenantc1300 mackc1330 worthy1340 hemea1350 convenientc1374 seemlya1375 shapelyc1374 ablea1382 cordant1382 meetc1385 accordable1386 accordinga1387 appurtenantc1386 pertinentc1390 accordanta1393 likea1393 setea1400 throa1400 agreeablec1425 habilec1425 suitly1426 competentc1430 suiting1431 fitc1440 proportionablec1443 justc1450 congruent?a1475 cordinga1475 congruec1475 afferant1480 belonging1483 cordable1485 hovable1508 attainanta1513 accommodate1525 agreeing1533 respondent1533 opportunate?1541 appropriate1544 commode1549 familiar1553 apt1563 pliant1565 liable1570 sortly1570 competible1586 sortable1586 fitty1589 accommodable1592 congruable1603 affining1606 feated1606 suity1607 reputable1611 suited1613 idoneousa1615 matchable1614 suitablea1616 congruous1631 fitten1642 responsal1647 appropriated1651 adapt1658 mack-like1672 squared1698 homogeneous1708 applicable1711 unforeign1718 fitted1736 congenial1738 assorted1790 accommodatable1874 OK1925 lOE Parallels to Wulfstan's Canons of Edgar & Norðhymbra Preosta Lagu (Brussels) in R. Fowler Wulfstan's Canons of Edgar (1972) App. ii. 21 Gyf he his cirice miswurðige ðe eal his wurðscipe is on belang [OE Norðhymbra Preosta Lagu (Corpus Cambr.) of sceal arisan], gebete þæt beo biscopes dome. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2058 Tel me ðin drem, mi broðer, her..Ðe reching wurð on god bi-long. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). belongv. Brit. /bᵻˈlɒŋ/, U.S. /bəˈlɔŋ/, /biˈlɔŋ/, /bəˈlɑŋ/, /biˈlɑŋ/ Forms: Old English belangian, Middle English balang, Middle English belange, Middle English bilonge, Middle English bylonge, Middle English–1500s belongh, Middle English–1600s belonge, Middle English– belong, 1500s belonh, 1600s beelong; Scottish pre-1700 1800s– belang, 1700s belong; English regional (chiefly northern) 1800s belang, 1800s beleng, 1800s belung (Staffordshire), 1800s b'long (Cornwall); U.S. regional (southern, chiefly in representations of African-American speech) 1800s b'longded (past tense), 1800s blants (3rd singular present indicative), 1800s–1900s blan, 1800s–1900s blanks (3rd singular present indicative), 1800s– blonks (3rd singular present indicative). Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch belangen to demand, belengen to achieve, obtain (Dutch (chiefly early modern) †belangen to reach for, to be the property of, (in later use mainly) to achieve, obtain), Middle Low German belangen to reach for, to demand, to pertain to, (in law) to hold responsible, Old High German bilangēn to long (for) (Middle High German belangen to long (for), to extend, German belangen to reach, to long for, to pertain to, (now usually, in law) to hold responsible) < the Germanic base of be- prefix + the Germanic base of long adj.¹ Compare later long v.³ Compare also belong adj. and beleng adj.Compare further (from the respective verbs) Middle Dutch belanc longing, interest (Dutch belang interest, concern), Middle Low German belang interest, concern, importance, Middle High German belanc longing (German Belang interest, concern, importance). 1. †a. intransitive. With to, unto. To be the business, concern, or duty of. Also without construction: to be obligatory. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > be suitable, appropriate, or suit [verb (intransitive)] > be fitting or proper i-burec1000 shallc1000 belongOE becomec1175 fallc1175 beliea1225 ferea1300 longc1350 beseemc1384 pertainc1384 it is worthy thata1398 accordc1400 foldc1400 affeir1415 fit1574 suit?1591 sort1595 OE Homily (Otho C.i) in Anglo-Saxon Eng. 26 (1997) 219 Hwæt belangað þæs þonne to eow [L. quid ad te?].., ac asmeagað eow sylfe. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) Prol. l. 259 (MED) Which is the propre duete Belongende unto the presthode. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 215 Suffisaunt To do al that a man bilongeth to. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) i. xii. 9 Neuer ne left he..his burdon, as it bylongeth to a good pylgrym. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Gg2^v To learne the good what trauailes do belong. 1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing iii. iii. 37 We know what belongs to a watch. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Dan. ix. 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgiuenesses. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 807 Of this cursed crew The punishment to other hand belongs . View more context for this quotation b. intransitive. Chiefly with to. To be appropriate, suitable, or fitting (for something); to be characteristic of something. Also impersonal or with non-referential it as subject. Also occasionally transitive. Now rare (English regional in later use). ΚΠ 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 176 Þe ulessliche [þoȝtes] belongeþ to lost an to wylninges. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. l. 2293 (MED) Who that wole in his degre Travaile so as it belongeth. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 246 Þus it bilongeth [c1450 Rawl. longeth] to bileue to lewed þat willen dowel. 1435 in J. F. South & D. Power Memorials Craft of Surg. (1886) App. 308 Accountis..of alle other mercementis & dutees..the which it bilongith hem bi this composicioun to gadere. 1469 in Archaeologia (1806) 15 173 (MED) The seid maister..shall..stand charged in the maner as belongeth. 1486 Bk. St. Albans sig. diii^v Theys haukes belong to an Emproure. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xv. 239 He was wele horsed as to soche a man be-longeth. 1588 A. King tr. P. Canisius Cathechisme or Schort Instr. 188 To rakin thame al in this place it belanges nat to our purpose. 1602 W. Percy in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1898) II. 238 To do all offices that belongeth a Christian man to do. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iii. 111 They therefore as to right belongd, So were created. View more context for this quotation 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 397. ¶3 Grief has a natural Eloquence belonging to it. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 73 Here..it doth not well belong To speak. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 121/1 I was a gentleman's footman when I was a young man..and saw life both in town and country; so I knows what things belongs. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ in J. W. Cross George Eliot's Life (1885) II. xi. 322 He..works with all the zest that belongs to fresh ideas. 1889 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (ed. 2) (at cited word) It duz n't belong to bairns to knaw ivery thing 'at's talk'd on. 1975 C. Causley Coll. Poems 1951–75 232 And a Cornish man with a Cornish maid Is how it belongs to be. c. intransitive. With to, with. To be owed or due to a person (by right, in fairness, etc., or in the opinion of the writer or speaker); to lie with; to be ascribed to. ΚΠ c1391 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Bodl. 294) Prol. l. 25* (MED) For king Richardes sake, To whom belongeth my ligeance. 1530 Bible (Tyndale) Num. Prol. The goodnesse, mercyfulnesse and constaunt truth of the kinges grace whose gifte it is and to whome y^e prayse & thanke thereof belongeth of duetye and right. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) ii. ii. 217 Prythee be not sad, Thou art true, and honest; Ingeniously I speake, No blame belongs to thee. View more context for this quotation 1724 F. Hauksbee Patch 2 To Chloe now Eternal Praise belongs, She fires the Muse, and fills unnumber'd Songs. 1819 W. Gunn Historia Brittonum Pref. p. xlii My best thanks belong to Mr. Owen Pughe;..his assistance, both by letter and conference, has never been denied. 1903 Mixer & Server 15 Mar. 48/1 I might say that a great amount of our latest success belongs to our hustling Business Agent. 1991 ABA Jrnl. Mar. 8/2 Much of the fault belongs with our system of capital representation. 2009 New Yorker 9 Nov. 77/1 Much of the credit (or blame) for the back-yard-chicken fad belongs to the ‘local food’ movement. d. transitive. English regional (chiefly Cornwall) and U.S. regional (southern and south Midland). With to-infinitive. To be obliged; to be accustomed. Also: to be likely. ΚΠ 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 4/1 ‘She belongs to stay in to-night’ = it's her turn to stay in to-night. 1901–7 in H. Wentworth Amer. Dial. Dict. (1944) 53/1 John Henry belongs to folla afteh Sayrah. 1935 A. C. Baugh Hist. Eng. Lang. xi. 453 The expression reported from South Dakota, ‘I got up at six o'clock this morning although I don't belong to get up until seven.’ 1938 M. K. Rawlings Yearling iv. 39 When it back-fired, that belongs to mean the mainspring's got weak. 1993 K. C. Phillipps Gloss. Cornish Dial. 21 I don't belong to make pasties Thursdays. 2. intransitive. With to. a. To be the property or possession of; to be owned by. Formerly also with †unto. Also occasionally transitive (regional, esp. Scottish).Frequently in present participle following a noun denoting the thing possessed. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > belong [verb (intransitive)] limp858 longlOE belielOE fallc1175 rine?c1225 belongc1330 pertaina1382 bec1384 appertain1416 cohere1634 c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 1832 (MED) Þe douke Segyn..Þat al Lowayne bilongeþ to. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. l. 7340 (MED) For who so wole it wel agrope, To hem belongeth al Europe. c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ii. l. 43 Telle ȝe me now to wham þat tresour by-longeþ [c1400 Vesp. apendeþ, a1425 Cambr. befallith]. 1453 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 203 (MED) Ornamentis and other goodes belonging to the saide Chaunterie. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Aii Y^e Blessyd Martha was a woman of noble blode to whom by enheritaunce belonged y^e castel of bethany. 1587 R. Holinshed et al. Hist. Scotl. (new ed.) 364/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Diuerse townes, villages, and hamlets belonging vnto the said Maconell. 1643 R. Baker Chron. Kings of Eng. ii. 67 Affirming, that deceitfully..he had stolne many Cities and places of importance belonging to the Crown of England. a1692 E. Ashmole Hist. & Antiq. Berks. (1723) II. 424 The Hundred of Wargrave did for many Ages belong to the Bishops of Winchester. 1703 J. Clerk Mem. (1892) 46 I was mounted on a fine gray pad belonging to the Duke of Queensberry. 1767 T. Bridges Homer Travestie (ed. 2) I. iii. 85 Thy buxom wench..Belongs a better man than thee. a1796 R. Burns Wks. (1800) IV. 16 The Deil he could na scaith thee, Or aught that wad belang thee. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 365/1 Rushen Abbey..belonged to the Cistercian order. 1852 J. R. McCulloch Dict. Commerce 1105 Property belonging to another state. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 277 The place belonged to her late husband, Sir James. 1956 G. Taylor Silver v. 97 A rose-water dish of 1672 belonging to St John's College, Oxford. 2008 J. D. McClure tr. M. Campbell in D. L. Potts & A. D. Unsworth Region, Nation, Frontiers i. 16 It aa belangs the white man: darg, pouer, technology, the warld. 2012 T. Forward Doubleborn (2015) 315 I made that mirror. It belongs to me. I'm taking it back. b. Esp. of a name: to designate or denote a particular person or thing. ΚΠ ?1532 Glasse of Truthe sig. E5^v The name of a prince belonged to hym that is nowe our souerayne lorde and kynge. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. ii. 190 The particular Name that belongs to every one [thing]. 1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown 361 The common Name for impious Persons is Zendik, which I take it strictly belongs to those who assert the Eternity of the World. 1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 502 Celestine, a name now strictly belonging to a kind of strontian. 1907 J. Conrad Secret Agent ii. 18 He..made diagonally for the number 10. This belonged to an imposing carriage gate. 2008 Vanity Fair Sept. 354 The term ‘supermodel’ belongs to them: six glamazons who..won first-name, goddess status..in the 1990s. c. Chiefly Philosophy. To be inherent in; to be an (esp. essential) attribute, property, or quality of. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > inhere [verb (intransitive)] > belong to or be an attribute of pertainc1384 appertainc1400 belong1533 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vi. f. xvi^v He tolde them theyr myndes & thoughtes, whiche is a property belongynge onely to god. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. ii. 469 It [sc. matter] must have equal motion in all its particles, if motion doth belong to it. a1704 J. Locke Posthumous Wks. (1706) 191 This way of containing all things can by no means belong to God. 1776 in C. Davy & F. Davy tr. M.-T. Bourrit Relation of Journey to Glaciers Savoy (ed. 2) Editor's Pref. sig. A3 The power of discerning Truth belongs to us as Men. 1855 A. Bain Senses & Intellect i. ii. 193 The accompaniment of activity belongs to every one of the senses. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 275 The innumerable ‘attributes’ which must belong to an infinite nature. 1901 B. Russell in Mind 10 310 Being is that which belongs to every conceivable term, to every possible object of thought. 1996 O. Goldin Explaining Eclipse (1999) iv. 85 This attribute belongs to all isosceles triangles. 2015 R. E. Wood Beautiful, True & Good xiv. 284 For both Hegel and Nietzche, embodiment belongs to the nature of reason itself. d. In extended use, expressing control. (a) Of a contest (now esp. a sporting contest): to be won by; to be dominated by (esp. to such a degree that victory is assured). ΚΠ 1844 B. Bensley Henry VIII. & his Contemporaries 45 The Swiss..were routed by the cross-bowmen who fought under the duke d'Alencon. The day belonged to the French. 1885 Outing Nov. 214/2 Another tack was taken by both yachts... The Scotland lightship was now in sight, and the race belonged to neither. 1910 Michiganensian 235 The score was 23 to 0 and the game belonged to the Michigan boys from the first whistle. 1999 M. Eisenbath Cardinals Encycl. 485/2 The rest of the game belonged to the Cardinals..as they won 4–2. 2015 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 27 Jan. 43 Keresley gained a late consolation score but the match belonged to Newent. (b) More generally: to be the domain of; to be at the disposal of. ΚΠ 1886 N.-Y. Times 23 June 5/1 The greater part of to-day belonged to the Alumni of Rutgers. They monopolized the campus until the rain fell. 1959 New Statesman 23 May 728/1 A whole area of petty bureaucracy belongs to the lower middle class mestizo or cholo. 1998 G. S. Petrone Judgment at Gallatin 147 The rest of the afternoon belonged to John F. Philips, the smooth-talking trial lawyer from Kansas City. 2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam ii. 29 At this early hour of the morning the city still belonged to those whose job it was to prepare and dress it for the coming day. e. colloquial (as a humorous reversal of sense 2a). To be the possessor of something; to own. Often in interrogative contexts, as who belongs to this—? Also occasionally transitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > own [verb (transitive)] ownOE oweOE i-ahniec1000 ought1442 belong1921 1921 Of all the Ungrateful Purps! in H. A. MacGill Percy & Ferdie Who belongs to this here purp? No muzzle or license on him. 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 32 I didn't know who belonged to those pistols. 1995 J. M. Sims-Kimbrey Wodds & Doggerybaw: Lincs. Dial. Dict. 25/1 'Oo belongs yon pair o' black gluvvs ovver theer? 2012 Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Mass.) (Nexis) 27 Sept. 18 The questions that madden him are those of possession: Who belongs to this hat? 3. intransitive. With to. To pertain, refer, or relate to; to have to do with, concern. Formerly also with †unto. Now rare (regional or archaic). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate or connect [verb (intransitive)] belong1340 pertaina1382 pretend1481 appertaina1500 link?1544 touch?1611 relate1646 rapport1649 connect1709 to tie in1938 to tie up1959 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 12 Þe oþer article [of þe cristene byleue] belongeþ to þe zone. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2904 (MED) That word belongeth unto thee. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xxxiii. l. 444 (MED) Alle that Nyht hadden they here talkyng, that to alle holynesse was belongeng. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Cor. i. 24 Nor belongen these my woordes onelye to you, but generally to all nacions. 1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie ii. viii. 122 What soeuer belongeth vnto the highest perfection of man. 1611 Bible (King James) 1 Cor. vii. 22 He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord. View more context for this quotation 1664 W. Killigrew Pandora ii. 24 Hold your pratling, my conversion does not belong to you. 1790 E. Darwin Bot. Garden (ed. 2) II. 7 There is a curious circumstance belonging to the class of insects which have two wings. 1882 W. Besant All Sorts of Men II. xxiv. 142 What her obligations were, and who this lady was, belongs in no way to this history. 1952 Recorded Interview (Brit. Libr. Sound Archive) (Survey Eng. Dial.: C908) (MS transcript) Track 53 There's a lot that belongs to ringing. 4. a. With to, †unto. (a) intransitive. Of a person: to be a member or affiliate of a particular group or category; to be a follower or adherent of a person, a subject of a ruler, a member of a family, a native or inhabitant of a place, etc.; (now esp.) to be a member of a club. Also (occasionally) with to-phrase implied (e.g. I belong to the choir. Do you belong?). Also transitive: to be a member or affiliate of (a group or category) (regional). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > be part of something [verb (intransitive)] belonga1393 to go with ——1567 blonks1871 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 2345 The Nimphes of the welles, And othre..Unto the wodes belongende. 1531 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 186 If there were any bondmen wythin the paid lordship..to the same regardaunte or in grosse belonging. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Esther viii. A Hester tolde how that he belonged vnto her. 1562 Petition in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. i. xxx. 342 The beadles and other officers, belonging to either of the Universities. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII v. iii. 4 Good M. Porter I belong to th' Larder. View more context for this quotation 1769 Descr. Eng. & Wales I. 225 The chief officers belonging to this corporation, are..an auditor of the accounts, a registerer, receiver, serjeant at mace, and surveyor of the Level. 1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott vii. 140 Had a very laborious meeting at Barnagat, though a few exercised Friends belong there. 1856 Sat. Rev. 28 June 189 Mr. Pierce belongs to New Hampshire. 1884 H. Drummond Nat. Law in Spiritual World 112 Those who belong to the rank and file of life need this warning most. 1886 R. E. G. Cole Gloss. Words S.-W. Lincs. 13 He belongs the club. 1906 E. P. Oppenheim Maker of Hist. xi. 81 I was going to the Cercle Anglais... Do you belong? 1976 C. Bermant Coming Home ii. iv. 173 I belong to two synagogues. 2007 Uncut Feb. 29/1 I used to belong to The Beatles fan club. (b) intransitive. Of a material or immaterial thing: to constitute a part of something; to be an adjunct, appendage, etc., of something; (also) to come from, originate in. In quot. 1423: to form or constitute the materials for something. ΚΠ 1423 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 163 (MED) A gronsell and all oþer tymber þat Shall belonge to þe seid bay wendowe. 1483 Will of Sir William Taylour (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/7) f. 79^v Item, I bequeth to my Cosyn Robert Sturmyn..all the enournamente belonging vnto my Chapell. 1534 tr. L. Valla Treat. Donation vnto Syluester sig. L^v All places within the precincte of the sayd cytie, and all villages, stretes, territories belongyng to it. c1626 H. Bisset Rolment Courtis (1920) I. 307/4 The heiring of the dome belangand to the said tenement. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 121. ¶1 The great Yard that belongs to my Friend's Country House. 1781 H. P. Wyndham Tour through Monmouthshire & Wales (ed. 2) 9 It may require some difficulty to ascertain the building, to which this tesselated floor could belong. 1831 Star 10 Feb. 1/4 The largest Gobelin carpet that was ever made, which belonged to the chief chamber in Versailles. 1894 F. W. Dendy Farms Northumbld. in Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 16 127 The full number of strips in the open arable fields which belonged to each customary homestead in the village. 1920 S. Alexander Space, Time & Deity I. 161 In these thought constructions we are dealing..with ideas belonging to the empirical world. 2010 Observer 25 July 10/2 The technology..belongs to a fast-growing field known as ‘predictive analytics’. (c) intransitive. Of a group of organisms, substances, etc.: to be situated in a specified category within a system of classification. ΚΠ 1646 H. Hammond View Exceptions to Visct. Falkland's Disc. Infallibilitie 134 You are faine to make a distribution, of which only one species belongs to the Genus. 1687 J. Floyer Φαρμακο-βασανος i. i. 143 Narrow-Leav'd All-heal..belongs to the Species of Sideritis. 1703 W. Dampier Acct. Plants in Voy. New Holland 158 A Columella thick set with thrummy apiculæ, which argue this Plant to belong to the Malvaceous kind. 1770 D. Monro Treat. Mineral Waters II. 145 An earth..which..belongs to the class called agaric mineral. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 59 None of the associated mammiferous remains belong to species which now exist. 1860 Chem. News 30 June 26/1 At present the representatives of the organo-mercury series all belong to the mercuric type. 1908 Jrnl. Mental Sci. 54 588 Cases of hysteria of purely sexual origin..belong to the psychic traumatism type established by Brewer [sic] and Freud. 1934 China Press (Shanghai) 10 Mar. 11/2 Accessories that belong to the category of ‘superfluities’ insofar as good dressing goes. 2006 New Scientist 23 Sept. 8/1 The child belongs to the species Australopithecus afarensis. b. With adverbs (esp. here, where) or prepositional phrases indicating position (introduced by with, among, under, in, etc.). (a) intransitive. Of a person: to be rightfully or fittingly situated in, or have an affinity for, a specified place or situation. ΚΠ 1754 tr. in Coll. Hymns Children of God in All Ages (Moravian Church) ii. 121/1 The Place where all Men belong of right. 1821 J. F. Cooper Spy II. ix. 139 I have never known whether he belonged above or below. 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner II. xxvii. 215 You belong with the last [set], and got accidentally shuffled in with the others. 1889 W. Whitman in Cent. Mag. (1911) 11 Jan. 256/2 He was not a closet man, belonged out-of-doors. 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl i. x. 98 I saw you took to each other. I saw you belonged with each other. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iii. 31 I looked as if I belonged in Whipsnade [i.e. at the zoo]. 2006 Reader's Digest Apr. 28/1 A soothing feeling of being where I belonged. (b) intransitive. Of a material or immaterial thing: to be rightfully or fittingly placed in a specified location or position. ΚΠ 1781 M. J. Armstrong Hist. & Antiq. Norfolk II. 191 The silver cup which belonged here is now the only cup in Great Wacton church. 1797 Jrnl. Life, Travels & Gospel Labours J. Scott viii. 226 We were enabled to place the burthen of our exercise where it belonged. 1867 A. J. Evans St. Elmo x. 127 To replace it in the glass box where it belongs. 1891 Harper's Mag. Jan. 234 With a little sigh for the pulque that fitly and deliciously belongs with mole. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 10/2 Into one of these [pockets] go the things found in one room which belong in another. 1974 R. A. Caro Power Broker vi. xxxiv. 782 Finkelstein's statement ‘that he would save a great deal of money if his budget were trebled’, belongs in the funny papers. 2003 Sing Out! Winter 121/2 Smith puts the most technical information where it belongs: in several excellent appendices. (c) intransitive. Of a group of organisms, substances, etc.: to be rightfully or fittingly placed in a specified category within a system of classification. ΚΠ 1821 Bot. Reg. 7 602 Whether the Aristotelea spiralis of Loureiro belongs here or not, can scarcely be satisfactorily decided from the description given by that author. 1889 E. Carpenter Civilisation 58 The theories of Science generally belong under the second head. 1929 G. P. Merrill Minerals from Earth & Sky ii. iv. 235 Topazof aluminum, belongs among the hardest of minerals. 1954 M. F. Rodell Myst. Fiction ii. 4 Westerns, ‘romances’, historical novels, and fantasies..all belong in the same category. 2014 A. J. Shaw in Flora N. Amer. North of Mexico XXVIII. 10/1 Another North American species traditionally classified in Mielichhoferia..belongs with Bryum in Bryaceae. c. intransitive. Without construction. Of a person: to have the right personal or social qualities to be a member of a particular group; to fit in. ΚΠ 1924 A. D. Sedgwick Little French Girl ii. xiv. 209 From the first moment I saw her I felt that she belonged. 1949 Scrutiny 16 9 This remark of Eliot's..suggests that Byron doesn't quite ‘belong’. 1960 Guardian 4 Mar. 8/7 People also feel they want to belong and matter. 1991 M. E. Wertsch Military Brats viii. 271 It is crucial for military brats to..face our unrequited need to belong. 2015 in M. Chávez et al. Living the Dream (2016) v. 122 I don't feel like I don't belong. 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