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| apostrophe1 |
An apostrophe (') is a mark we often use along with a letter "s" to show that something belongs to a person or to a thing. When we talk about our FRIEND'S bike, we are talking about the bike that belongs to our friend. When we talk about the CITY'S streets, we mean the streets that belong to the city. [1/3 definitions] |
| badge |
a pin, patch, or ribbon people wear to show that they belong to a group, have a particular job, or have done something special. |
| belong |
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. [2/4 definitions] |
| belong to |
When you belong to a group or a club, you are a part of it. You are a member. [1/2 definitions] |
| brood |
(informal) the children that belong to one family. [1/4 definitions] |
| complete |
When something is complete, it has all the parts it should have. When you have a complete set of crayons, it means that you have all the crayons that belong in the set. [1/4 definitions] |
| congregation |
A congregation is all the members who belong to a particular church, synagogue, or other religious community, or all the people who attend one particular religious service. [1/2 definitions] |
| fleet1 |
a group of ships, planes, trucks, or cars that work together or belong to one company. [1/2 definitions] |
| galaxy |
a collection of billions of stars and other matter held together by gravity. Our planet Earth and the sun belong to the Milky Way galaxy. They are only tiny parts of this galaxy. |
| go1 |
to belong in a certain place or position. [1/16 definitions] |
| goods |
things that belong to someone; possessions; belongings. [1/2 definitions] |
| grade |
a division made by age to group school children for instruction, or the children who belong to such a division. [1/7 definitions] |
| his |
that or those which belong to him, are done by him, or have to do with him. [1/2 definitions] |
| infantry |
soldiers on foot, or the branch of the military to which they belong. |
| mine1 |
the one or ones that belong to me, are done by me, or have to do with me. |
| Mohawk |
a member of a Native American people who once lived along this river, and now lives in northern New York and Canada. The Mohawk belong to the Iroquois confederation of Six Nations. [1/2 definitions] |
| nationality |
When you have a nationality, it means that you belong to a particular nation by having been born there or by becoming a citizen. |
| order |
An order is a particular group of living things. An "order" is a more specific group than a "class," which is wide category of living things such as birds, reptiles, mammals, or fish. A "class" is divided into different "orders." Dogs, kangaroos, and humans are all in the same "class" of animals--they are all "mammals"-- but they belong to different "orders" of mammals because they are different from each other in important ways. [1/9 definitions] |
| ours |
the one or ones that belong to, are done by, or have to do with us. |
| outsider |
a person who does not belong to a particular group. |
| own |
If you say "my own," you mean the thing or things that belong to you. If you say "her own," you mean the thing or things that belong to her. If you say "their own," you mean the thing or things that belong to them. [1/4 definitions] |
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