Definition of Belong

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Belong

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.

To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.

To be suitable for; to be due to.

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.

To be deserved by.

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Belong Quotations

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members.
Groucho Marx

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
Kahlil Gibran

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
Mark Twain

Belong Translations

belong in French is appartenons, faire partie de, appartiens
belong in Spanish is pertenecer


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