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- pronunciation:
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lawng
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
belongs, belonging, belonged |
| definition 1: |
When something belongs to you, you own it. It is yours.
My bike used to be my sister's, but it belongs to me now.I found a pair of gloves on the ground. Do they belong to you?
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| definition 2: |
When something has a place where it should be, it belongs there.
That salad bowl belongs in the kitchen. It shouldn't be in the bathroom!These big books belong on the low shelf, not this one.
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| definition 3: |
When you belong to something like a family or club or community, you are a part of it. You are one of the members of it.
We don't belong to the swim club now, but my parents are thinking about joining it.
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| definition 4: |
When you feel very comfortable in a group of people, you feel that you belong. You feel that you are really part of that group.
Daryl was the new kid in his class, and at first he felt he didn't belong. Nobody really talked to him much then. But now he has a lot of friends and he feels that he belongs. |
| related words: |
go |
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