belong to

belong to
phrasal verb [transitive]
Word forms "belong to":
present tense I/you/we/they belong to he/she/it belongs to present participle belonging to past tense belonged to past participle belonged to
1) belong to someone to be owned by someone

The car belongs to the woman next door.

Who does this coat belong to?

2) belong to something to be a member of an organization or club

She belongs to the school computer club.

3)
a) belong to something to come from or be part of a group of similar things or people

This belongs to the same family of drugs as Prozac.

They belong to a different generation.

b) to come from or be related to a particular time or place

This painting clearly belongs to a later period.

4) belong to someone if a particular time, aspect of life, way of thinking etc belongs to a particular group, they are the people who control it or who are the most suitable for it

The future belongs to you.

5) belong to someone if something belongs to someone, they deserve it or have a right to it

Of course, all the credit really belongs to my partner, Sam.


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  • belong — ► VERB 1) be rightly put into a particular position or class. 2) fit or be acceptable in a particular place or environment. 3) (belong to) be a member of. 4) (belong to) be the property or possession of …   English terms dictionary

  • Belong — Be*long , v. t. To be deserved by. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] More evils belong us than happen to us. B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • belong — index comport (agree with), constitute (compose), correspond (be equivalent), pertain Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • belong to — index affiliate, apply (pertain), join (associate oneself with) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • belong — (v.) mid 14c., to go along with, properly relate to, from be intensive prefix, + longen to go, from O.E. langian pertain to, to go along with, of unknown origin. Senses of be the property of and be a member of first recorded late 14c. Cognate… …   Etymology dictionary

  • belong — pertain, appertain, relate, apply, *bear …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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