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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (6)

1. be owned by; be in the possession of;
- Example: "This book belongs to me"

2. be suitable or acceptable;
- Example: "This student somehow doesn't belong"

3. be in the right place or situation;
- Example: "Where do these books belong?"
- Example: "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the control of the government"
- Example: "Where do these books go?"
[syn: belong, go]

4. be rightly classified in a class or category;
- Example: "The whales belong among the mammals"

5. be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place);
- Example: "They belong to the same political party"

6. be a part or adjunct;
- Example: "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"
- Example: "These pages don't belong"
[syn: belong to, belong]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belong \Be*long"\, v. t.
   To be deserved by. [Obs.]
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         More evils belong us than happen to us.  --B. Jonson.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belong \Be*long"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Belonged; p. pr. & vb.
   n. Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to
   concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- +
   longen to desire. See Long, v. i.]

   Note: [Usually construed with to.]
   1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great
      Britain.
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   2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or
      related; to owe allegiance or service.
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            A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. --Luke
                                                  ix. 10.
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            The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i.
                                                  8.
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   3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to
      appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God ?"
      --Gen. xl. 8.
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   4. To be suitable for; to be due to.
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            Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age.
                                                  --Heb. v. 14.
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            No blame belongs to thee.             --Shak.
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   5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal
      residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or
      operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by
      the parish or town.
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            Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which
            the mothers belong.                   --Blackstone.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

belong
    v 1: be owned by; be in the possession of; "This book belongs to
         me"
    2: be suitable or acceptable; "This student somehow doesn't
       belong"
    3: be in the right place or situation; "Where do these books
       belong?"; "Let's put health care where it belongs--under the
       control of the government"; "Where do these books go?" [syn:
       belong, go]
    4: be rightly classified in a class or category; "The whales
       belong among the mammals"
    5: be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group,
       organization, or place); "They belong to the same political
       party"
    6: be a part or adjunct; "the uniform looks like it belonged to
       a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong" [syn:
       belong to, belong]