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belong
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /b??l??/
- (General American): enPR: b?-lông?, IPA(key): /b??l??/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b??l??/
- Rhymes: -??
- Hyphenation: be?long
Etymology 1
From Middle English belongen, bilongen, from Middle English be- + longen (“to be fitting, be suitable”), from Old English langian (“to pertain to, suit”), equivalent to be- +? long (“to belong”). Compare Saterland Frisian beloangje (“to attain, reach, meet”), Dutch belangen (“to concern”), German belangen (“to attain, concern”).
Verb
belong (third-person singular simple present belongs, present participle belonging, simple past and past participle belonged)
- (intransitive) To have its proper place.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (followed by to) To be a part of a group.
- (of a person) To be accepted in a group.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
- (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol means belongs to.
- (obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by.
Usage notes
- This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- belong at OneLook Dictionary Search
Etymology 2
Compare Kriol blanga, Bislama blong, Tok Pisin bilong, and Torres Strait Creole blong.
Alternative forms
- blung, b'longta, b'longa, belonga, blonga
Preposition
belong
- (Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.
- 1986 December, Kowanyama News:
- Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.
- 1986 December, Kowanyama News:
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