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belonging
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??l????/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b??l????/
- Rhymes: -????
- Hyphenation: be?long?ing
Etymology 1
From Middle English belonginge, belanging, belangand, equivalent to belong +? -ing.
Verb
belonging
- present participle of belong
Etymology 2
From belong +? -ing.
Noun
belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)
- (uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.
- I have a feeling of belonging in London.
- A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
- (countable, chiefly in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
- Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
- c. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act I, Scene 1,[1]
- […] Thyself and thy belongings
- Are not thine own so proper as to waste
- Thyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.
- 1939, John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, New York: Compass, 1958, Chapter 9, p. 117,[2]
- In the little houses the tenant people sifted their belongings and the belongings of their fathers and of their grandfathers. Picked over their possessions for the journey to the west.
- 1966, Truman Capote, In Cold Blood, New York: Modern Library, 1992, Part I, p. 22,[3]
- Now, upstairs, she changed into faded Levis and a green sweater, and fastened round her wrist her third most valued belonging, a gold watch […]
- (plural only, colloquial, dated) family; relations; household.
- 1854, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, London: Bradbury & Evans, Chapter 33, p. 322,[4]
- When Lady Kew said Sic volo, sic jubeo [Thus I will, thus I command], I promise you few persons of her ladyship’s belongings stopped, before they did her biddings, to ask her reasons.
- 1896, Joseph Conrad, An Outcast of the Islands, Part II, Chapter Three,[5]
- As soon as the principal personages were seated, the verandah of the house was filled silently by the muffled-up forms of Lakamba’s female belongings.
- 1854, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Newcomes, London: Bradbury & Evans, Chapter 33, p. 322,[4]
Synonyms
- (something physical that is owned): possession, thing
Translations
Anagrams
- englobing
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holding
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?ld?-?ng, IPA(key): /?ho?ld??/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): [?h???d??]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?h???d??]
- (US) IPA(key): [?ho??d??]
- Rhymes: -??ld??
- Hyphenation: hold?ing
Noun
holding (plural holdings)
- Something that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
- 1980, Joseph D. Dwyer, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe (page 9)
- Although this survey lists only a small number of representative materials in the Hoover Library's Baltic Collection, a comprehensive view of the library's holdings can be gained from the Hoover Institution's card catalog or its printed equivalent
- 2009, The Economist, Law and order in Italy: Trouble with figures
- Italy's right-wing prime minister was about to cure his biggest headache by selling the state's holding in a troubled airline, Alitalia.
- 2014, D. K. Acharya, Standard Methods of Contract Bridge Complete (page 378)
- The defender at third position is supposed to keep the partner informed of his holdings in that suit.
- 1980, Joseph D. Dwyer, Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe (page 9)
- A determination of law made by a court.
- A tenure; a farm or other estate held of another.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- Take again / From this my hand, as holding of the Pope / Your sovereign greatness and authority.
- 1596, William Shakespeare, The Life and Death of King John, V. i. 3:
- (obsolete) That which holds, binds, or influences.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burke to this entry?)
- (obsolete) Logic; consistency.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- This has no holding, / To swear by him whom I protest to love / That I will work against him.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well, IV. ii. 27:
- (obsolete) The burden or chorus of a song.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
- Make battery to our ears with the loud music; / The while I'll place you; then the boy shall sing. / The holding every man shall beat as loud / As his strong sides can volley.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra, II. vii. 109:
- (in texts about Russia, nonstandard) A holding company, or other kind of company (by back-translation from Russian ??????? (xolding)).
Coordinate terms
- (determination): finding
Translations
Descendants
- ? Polish: holding
Verb
holding
- present participle of hold
Derived terms
Anagrams
- hodling
French
Noun
holding m or f (plural holdings)
- holding company
Polish
Etymology
From English holding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?x?l.dink/
Noun
holding m inan
- (business) holding company
Declension
Derived terms
- (adjective) holdingowy
Further reading
- holding in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- holding in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
holding m (plural holdings)
- holding company
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