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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)

1. (intransitive) To have its proper place.
   1. (of a person) To be accepted in a group.

   2. (followed by to) To be a part of a group.

2. (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
3. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
4. (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ${\displaystyle \in }$ means belongs to.

5. (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

1. (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.