belonging


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belong to (something)

To be a member of something, such as a team or club. My daughter belongs to the debate team at school. I belong to the gym on Main Street if you ever want to come work out with me. A: "Wait, you belonged to the lacrosse team in high school?" B: "I know, I don't seem very athletic, do I?"
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belong under (something)

To be properly categorized under a certain status, heading, or title. When you files these documents, they belong under "July 2008." What heading does that paragraph belong under? That department always belonged under the CFO, they're just making it official now.
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Accordingly, thousands of ropanis of land belonging to different temples/guthis are also being exploited by locals.
A shop in Dhoke Mohary belonging to Bilal Ahmed was also robbed of grocery items, including ghee and cigarettes, worth Rs150,000.
BEIRUT: The Military Tribunal Monday sentenced three people for belonging to terrorist organizations and postponed a separate trial of the suspected perpetrators of bombings in Beirut's southern suburbs in 2013 and 2014.
Further, the spokesman shared that 2,556 kanals of land belonging to the revenue department and two kanals of land belonging to the National Highway Authority was also retrieved.
Belonging is a term evident in much of the current discourse around the education and care of young children.
In their closing remarks to their review of literature on belonging, Baumeister and Leary (1995) wrote, "If psychology has erred with regard to the need to belong, in our view, the error has not been to deny the existence of such a motive so much as to underappreciate it" (p.
(7) This Article suggests that one possible creation of intellectual endeavor is a sense of belonging, and that belonging is worth considering in the context of intellectual property law and policy.
Psychologists from across the world have written about the importance of belonging and the traits we have developed in order to protect ourselves against social exclusion and rejection.
To tackle this challenge, The KWCF commissioned a report with the purpose of understanding the current state of belonging and developing an approach for improvements.
NNA - Military Investigative Judge, Fadi Sawwan, on Thursday issued arrest warrants against three Syrians over charges of belonging to the terrorist group, Daesh, and attacking the Lebanese army.
Baghdad: Iraq's cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft law creating a national guard, which political figures belonging to one of the minority communities have described as a necessary step to achieving national reconciliation.
Feeling a sense of belonging is an important part of keeping a group of people together, but it is also a human need.
Hyphenated Christians: Towards a Better Understanding of Dual Religious Belonging. By Gideon Goosen.
Belonging to Tammi and Dave, of Great Barr, is Archie, a Chinese Crested wearing tinsel and getting into the festive spirit by watching Christmas TV.
in Bishkek belonging to Tashbolot Tuleev (Nariman Tuleev's father); - garages No.