belongbe‧long /bɪˈlɒŋ $ bɪˈlɒːŋ/ ●●● S2 W2 verb [intransitive] 
Put the chair back where it belongs.belong in an attitude that doesn’t belong in modern society2if you feel you belong in a place or situation, you feel happy and comfortable in it, because you have the same interests and ideas as other people: I worked there for five years but never really felt I belonged.—belonging noun [uncountable]: It’s important to have a sense of belonging (=a feeling that you are happy and comfortable somewhere).belong to somebody/something phrasal verb1if something belongs to someone, they own it: The book belongs to Dan. Who does this scarf belong to?2to be a member of a group or organization: He belongs to the golf club.3to be related to something or form part of it: cars that belong to a different era4to be related to or produced by a particular person: She recognized the voice as belonging to the man who had attacked her.5if a competition or period of time belongs to someone, they are the most important or successful person in it: All the acts were good, but the evening belonged to a dance group from Moscow.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveBelong is not used in the progressive. You say: · My friend belongs to the choir. ✗Don’t say: My friend is belonging to the choir.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS
WORD ORIGINbelong
Origin:
1300-1400 long ‘to be suitable’ (12-19 centuries), from Old English gelang ‘dependent on’VERB TABLE
belong
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | belong |
| he, she, it | belongs | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | belonged |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have belonged |
| he, she, it | has belonged | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had belonged |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will belong |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have belonged |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Can you put that back where it belongs?
- I felt I belonged there - I was important there.
- As if we were all adopted, no one belonged anywhere.
- Clearly the appeal of the Virgo archetype belonged to the spirit of the age.
- Could it be that some of us might like it better if they stayed where they belong?
- I belonged to the local farmers' club and had taken up curling.
- Over 8,000 people regularly enjoy the benefits of Medau classes - but - only 25% of them belong to the Medau Society.
- The mosque and the Koran belong to women as much as do the heavenly bodies.
- Toussaint had no toys and never asked to play with those belonging to others.
Longman Language Activatorwhen someone is different from other people
to think or behave in a way that is unusual: · It's a small community and anyone who shows any signs of being different just isn't made to feel welcome.· For teenagers, it's important to speak and dress like their friends. They really don't want to be different.
someone who does not belong or does not fit in is so different that people do not like them, do not help them to become one of the group etc: · From the moment she first joined the company, Sally just didn't belong.· Until we learnt the language, we felt that we didn't fit in. But after that the people seemed to accept us.
if two people are on a different wavelength , they have very different ideas and attitudes from each other, with the result that they do not understand each other: · My dad doesn't understand me. He's on a completely different wavelength.· We'd been married for twenty years, but we just weren't on the same wavelength anymore.
to be very different from the people around you especially in the way you dress or look, so that people notice you and look at you: · You can't come to the restaurant dressed in jeans. You'd stick out like a sore thumb.
to be different from the other people in a group because you behave in a different way and have different ideas: · In my school, anyone who was out of sync was ignored or ridiculed.be out of step/sync with: · The Prime Minister has been criticized for being out of step with the British people.
to be a member of an organization or formal group · My sister's a member of the All Saints Fan Club.· Do you belong to a political party?
to be a member of an organization or formal group, especially a large one: · Nina's son is in the army.· I used to really enjoy camping when I was in the Boy Scouts.be in a team British: · It's great to have him back in the team.
to be a member of a group such as a committee or team: be on a committee/council/board/panel: · Kathryn is on the school board for the district.be on a team: · I wish he was on our team.
when someone owns something if something belongs to someone, they own it: · This watch belonged to my grandfather.· Who does that Walkman belong to?· A car believed to belong to the bank robbers was found abandoned yesterday.
formal to belong to someone - often written on books, clothes etc to show who owns them: · This hymn book is the property of Pitt Street Methodist Church.· If he defaults on the loan, the land will become the property of the bank.
if something is mine/yours/John's etc , it belongs to me, you, John etc: · "Hey, that's my pen!" - "Sorry! I didn't know it was yours."· "Whose bike is that?" "It's Martin's."· The money wasn't Sara's to lend you in the first place (=Sara didn't have the right to lend it).
belonging to me, you, him etc: · Please can you move your car? It's blocking my driveway.· I've got a problem with my dishwasher.· My grandmother lives near your place -- just around the corner in fact.
belonging to you and not to anyone else: · You can rent skis or you can bring your own.· Joe left the company to set up his own business.
: a room/car/computer etc of your own one that belongs to you and no one else, especially when this is something you want to own: · Our neighbours let us use their garage, but we really need one of our own.· The charity provides accommodation for homeless people, and helps them find homes of their own.
belonging only to you - used especially in official contexts: somebody's personal possessions/property/belongings: · The dead man's personal possessions were sent back to his family.my/their etc own personal: · You can arm and disarm the alarm system using your own personal access code.
when something is usually kept in a place especially spoken if something goes or belongs in a place, it should always be put there when it is not being used: · Put everything back where it belongs when you're through.go/belong in/on/under etc: · "Where do these plates go?" "They go in the cupboard above the sink."· The books belong in the shelves, not on the floor.
the place where something is normally kept or put: · The kids never put anything back in its place.its/their usual place: · I can't find the coffee tin -- it isn't in its usual place.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY It’s important to have a sense of belonging (=a feeling that you are happy and comfortable somewhere).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1[always + adverb/preposition] if something belongs somewhere, that is the right place or situation for it: It’s important to have a sense of belonging (=a feeling that you are happy and comfortable somewhere).· A lot of water plants belong to this category.
· Like you, I belong to the working class.
· Do you belong to any university clubs or societies?
· Eleven men belonging to a local gang were arrested.
· Ben belonged to an environmental group.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· She is realizing she does not belong here.· I felt ugly, odd: a tall, pale woman from some other world who did not belong here at all.· He belonged here, fitted so well with Venice's proud past.· The thing did not belong here, trespassing in my room.· More than anything else Alexei knew that he was not like his father, and could never belong here.· Question is, does your child belong here, too?· She belonged here, where things weren't real.
· Drunk one day, driving her on his Harley, he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London.· Later it was discovered that the mirror once belonged to Monroe.· Asked about the photographs, Walter Kern said only that he once belonged to an outdoor nature group.· It once belonged to his father, and, before that, to his grandfather.· She says they once belonged to her eldest brother.· The charter granted Calvert palatinate powers over a domain of almost seven million acres from what had once belonged to Virginia.· The rubies rumoured to have belonged once to Marie-Antoinette had been dispatched to the diva, who always wore scarlet.
· The most difficult job will be to rehouse and reshape soccer while remembering just who it really belongs to.· Because of his color, it has been repeatedly assumed that he does not really belong at Vassar.· Sooner or later we must find somewhere that we can know really belongs to us.· Why do they really belong together?· They were the first to leave their societies, their classes, and they never really belonged anywhere again.· They had no doubt that the hypothesis stated in Allison's paper really belongs to Mark.· It was a long time since she had really belonged anywhere.· But from the first day until now I have never really belonged.
· Most importantly it is a place members recognise as a privilege to belong to.· This is because the greatest melody-writers belong to past epochs and set an example which modern composers can hardly match.· The cottage the gate belonged to had disappeared, but perversely its gate had been left behind.· One in ten of the population either belongs to or works for the Securitate.· They belonged to Home Sister and, of all people, the Night Super.· It wasn't, actually, if you could forget who it belonged to, a bad body.· It seems that these patterns are maintained by insider knowledge depending on the extent to which speakers belong to relatively close-knit groups.· It should also be noted that for the purposes of theft property may belong to more than one party.
NOUN· The second picture showed what remained of the wrecked car in Prague, the car which had belonged to Ladislav Sacher.· The lost or damaged car will then belong to us.· A Northern registered car, believed to belong to the men, was discovered at Annagh, a few miles from the town.· Another hit a car belonging to the owner of the house.
· At least some of the seven small buildings just outside the military compounds at Corbridge may also belong in this category.· This series belongs to the latter category, believe it.· The clinic records, from an inner city teaching hospital we examined indicate that some believe sildenafil may belong in this category.· Family stories, such as the ones about my Aunt Naomi belong to a special category.· Language has always been regarded as belonging among these secondary categories.· Have the students name some other things which belong in each category. 2.· Anyone belonging to these categories who had been taken captive was to be freed.· The essence of any collection of stamps or of teapots must be that each specimen belongs in a distinct category.
· Father Barnes will know whether it belongs to the church and with luck there may be prints.· It should be said immediately that Robertson does not belong to a Pentecostal church.· The church sends an invitation to any who do not belong to a particular church, but would like to join in.· Do not mention your religion unless you are applying to work for a religious organization and you also belong to that church.· Some say that to belong to the kingdom of Heaven is the same as belonging to the Church.· He belonged to no church and required no worship by those who worked for him.· Being a member of the kingdom goes beyond simply belonging to any individual Church.· The members ordinarily share some link like working for the same employer or belonging to the same church.
· Most examinees belong to the first class, most examiners to the third.· Of three of the principal women, Midge and Alexia so clearly belong to different classes, and Cressy to none.· Others claim that routine white-collar workers still belong to the middle class.· Rebiya Kadeer also belonged to this ruling class.
· Harvey took me out to a sauna club he belonged to.· He joined the riding club; he somehow got into the club that she belonged to.· This had to be at a restaurant, because the only club that Richard belonged to was Pratt's.· And at Scotch Corner, fellow members of motorcycling clubs to which they belong turned out to greet them.
· It is whether the pursuit of justice, fairness and efficiency can also deliver belonging, cohesion and community.· The musicians belonged to indigenous Maya communities decimated by the 36-year-long conflict.· The people who are losing their homes belong to a settled community with centuries-old traditions.· Moreover, nation-states belong to the community of nations, whether the United Nations or trading blocs.· And how do men and women know that they belong to this community?· And in the longer term it should try to bring back into favour the notion that we all belong to a community.· For indigenous peoples, the values and sense of belonging to a community which aspires only to serve the world are paramount.· More recently, a number of voluntary initiatives have sought to foster a sense of belonging to the community on the part of young people.
· No. 7/19 by Alliprandi belonged to the Sternberg family.· Millions of children belong to families whose income is at or below income support level.· Women were crazy about him the most beautiful, the wealthiest women who belonged to the great families.· He belongs to the family Salicaceae and is formally known as Populus alba.· She belongs to a family descended from free Blacks those released from slavery before the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.· They belong to the family of a former employee of the Bishop's Castle Railway.· Nevertheless, they all belong to the same family, especially when they are contrasted with their neighbour, the Catholic West.
· She belonged to a generation who had fine voices and who were also dramatically credible.· The girl was a year older but seemed to belong to a different generation.· I belong to a generation born in Britain or brought here as young children.· He belonged to the old-fashioned generation which believed in covering itself carefully from the sun.· They belong to a generation which likes the feel of crisp fivers and tenners in their hands.
· This handbook will help to give you an overall view of the businesses of the P&O Group to which you belong.· It is not the fact that you belong to minority groups, but how you handle them that counts.· It now belongs to the Wedgwood group.· I was thirty-three that year and belonged to neither group.· Most of the countries with viable alcohol programmes are likely to belong to this group.· Meyer, who belongs to several groups, is known for his diehard devotion to authenticity.· Many regionals belong to a group of newspapers, such as the Thompson Newspapers Group, and syndicate material.· According to this approach, any particular individual can belong to many different groups.
· Drunk one day, driving her on his Harley, he slammed into a house that had once belonged to Jack London.· The house had belonged to a farmer whose family had been hit by tragedy.· It is a fine yeoman's house belonging to the National Trust.· This will keep heat in the house, where it belongs, and out of the attic. 2.· The house now belongs to a buxom blonde from Lyon, wife of a driving instructor.· Neighbors said the house belongs to a middle-aged couple with an adult daughter.· To the large eighteenth-century house that belonged to Patrick Kelly.· The third collection in the house belongs to Klara Durbeck.
· A third group then comes and declares the land belongs to them; they may demand 30,000 rupees.· And besides, why should these guys get to make plans for state land, which belongs to all of us?· A local knight called Walter had usurped land belonging to the dependent monastery of Fleury at Sault.· For 45 years, the land atop South Mountain belonged to the Physioc family.· His government argued that the small temples which it had demolished were on land belonging to the state tourist department.· His land belonged to her for many years.· Deeply rooted in peasant culture was the belief that the land should belong to whoever worked it with his own hands.· The land belongs to the army!
· There are 14,500 national members belonging to 343 branches, which have an additional 21,000 branch members.
· Yes, some of us belonged to the Party.· It should also be noted that for the purposes of theft property may belong to more than one party.· The main question was: did he belong to the Communist Party?· If they belong to the party that wins power they may well take on a government office of some kind.· Let us suppose that representatives belong to political parties.
· All the mural fountains were built on the boundaries of properties belonging to the Pease family.· I learnt then from Jean-Claude that the property had never belonged to the family.· Like many other historic properties, Hackfall belonged to an owner who reputedly would never sell.· It should also be noted that for the purposes of theft property may belong to more than one party.· Earlier this month they attacked property belonging to Coptic Christians, burning their churches, shops and homes.· Murder; and Theft: dishonestly appropriating property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the owner of it.
· In more senses than one they belong to no man's land.· Unlike most compilation soundtracks, there is a sense that these songs belong together.· In particular, it is not clear how a sense of well-being and a sense of belonging are connected.· These systems gave people an identity a place, and a sense of belonging.· He grew up oppressed by the sense of belonging to a broken culture, deprived of his inheritance.· It became a meditation on that sense of belonging, of identity, of alienation and how important all of that is.· All that is necessarily involved is a sense of belonging that excludes indifference to the group as well as alienation from it.· For indigenous peoples, the values and sense of belonging to a community which aspires only to serve the world are paramount.
· Anyone who could get excited by an annuity scheme must belong to a different species from his own.· Most often they belong to the following species.· They might have belonged to a different species.· Gray moths still could interbreed with black moths, proving that they belonged to the same species.· The Witnesses of the Total Merge catalogued all those ships believed to belong to other client species of the Capellans.· The plants offered by this name belong to the species E. berteroi.· The first problem that faces the cuckoo is to find a nest belonging to the right species of host.· How are we to decide whether populations living in different places belong to the same species?
· All non-managerial personnel belong to the same union, but the privilege of membership is confined to regular workers.· And in the economically dynamic South and West, only 5 percent of the work force belongs to a union.· They were highly competitive, didn't belong to trade unions and lacked any notion of worker solidarity.· Credit unions are a force in the Golden State, where 7. 6 million people belong to 773 credit unions.· And they belonged to no recognised union.· Individuals must be given greater rights to belong the union of their choice.· Congregations may belong to a Union of Baptist Churches, but each has considerable autonomy.
· They belong to a world a hundred years away from us.· He had been to school one day and already he was using phrases and assuming roles that belonged to a different world.· The dances of the four Lovers belong to both worlds.· They do not belong to the world.· The shouting voices did not belong to our little world of passionate love.· Just as the sailing ship belonged to a world before jobs, the space ship belongs to a world after jobs.· I knew that I possessed a sidereal compass and that I belonged to another world.
VERB· She hung around in their sub-hippy world, camouflaged, but never feeling she belonged.· I was a fraud, a composite of traits I felt rightfully belonged to these two.· He had never felt as if he belonged.· It is unusual for me to participate or to feel I belong if I do.· I have spent my adult life here but because of little pinpricks I feel I don't belong.· You see, strange as it may seem, I always felt I belonged here.· She ascribes much of her feeling of not belonging to class differences rather than to race.
· The glamour of limed oak - creating an atmosphere that seems to belong entirely in the country.· The primary significance of the words which refer to the bread seems to belong to the image of the messianic kingdom.· But the rest seemed to belong to another artist.· They seem wholly to belong to where they are.· Belle-Ile, however, seems to belong to a past era of modest and amateur tourism.· What a strange sight, but even that seemed to belong where it was.· The girl was a year older but seemed to belong to a different generation.· Their very vocabulary was unfamiliar to him, and seemed to belong to fiction and the stage.
Put the chair back where it belongs.belong in an attitude that doesn’t belong in modern society2if you feel you belong in a place or situation, you feel happy and comfortable in it, because you have the same interests and ideas as other people: I worked there for five years but never really felt I belonged.—belonging noun [uncountable]: It’s important to have a sense of belonging (=a feeling that you are happy and comfortable somewhere).belong to somebody/something phrasal verb1if something belongs to someone, they own it: The book belongs to Dan. Who does this scarf belong to?2to be a member of a group or organization: He belongs to the golf club.3to be related to something or form part of it: cars that belong to a different era4to be related to or produced by a particular person: She recognized the voice as belonging to the man who had attacked her.5if a competition or period of time belongs to someone, they are the most important or successful person in it: All the acts were good, but the evening belonged to a dance group from Moscow.GRAMMAR: Using the progressiveBelong is not used in the progressive. You say: · My friend belongs to the choir. ✗Don’t say: My friend is belonging to the choir.Grammar guide ‒ VERBS