belong


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Synonyms for belong

go

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  • go
  • fit in
  • have a home
  • have a rightful place

go with

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belong to someone

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  • be the property of
  • be owned by
  • be held by
  • be in the possession of
  • be at the disposal of
  • be in the ownership of

belong to something

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  • be a member of
  • be associated with
  • be included in
  • be allied to
  • be affiliated to
  • be an adherent of
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Synonyms for belong

to have a proper or suitable place

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Synonyms for belong

be owned by

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be suitable or acceptable

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be in the right place or situation

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be rightly classified in a class or category

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be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)

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be a part or adjunct

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References in classic literature ?
Any European-born student can belong to it, except he be a Frenchman.
Any student can belong to it, no matter where he was born.
No student can belong to it who is not of noble blood.
A Dodson would not be taxed with the omission of anything that was becoming, or that belonged to that eternal fitness of things which was plainly indicated in the practice of the most substantial parishioners, and in the family traditions,--such as obedience to parents, faithfulness to kindred, industry, rigid honesty, thrift, the thorough scouring of wooden and copper utensils, the hoarding of coins likely to disappear from the currency, the production of first-rate commodities for the market, and the general preference of whatever was home-made.
It was not that any harm could be said concerning the vicar of that charming rural parish to which Dorlcote Mill belonged; he was a man of excellent family, an irreproachable bachelor, of elegant pursuits,--had taken honors, and held a fellowship.
"Too much fright bang 'm head belong me," Gogoomy said proudly.
In the end, the deck belonged to Jerry, save for the boat's crew; for he had already learned to differentiate.
'It belongs to King Grisly-beard; hadst thou taken him, it had all been thine.' 'Ah!
Some of the young men, as Levin observed, belonged to the old party; and some of the very oldest noblemen, on the contrary, were whispering with Sviazhsky, and were evidently ardent partisans of the new party.
He was listening at that moment to Sviazhsky and Hliustov, the marshal of another district, who belonged to their party.
It might, also, perhaps have been expected that naturalised plants would have belonged to a few groups more especially adapted to certain stations in their new homes.
Moreover, these two varieties, being only slightly modified forms, will tend to inherit those advantages which made their common parent (A) more numerous than most of the other inhabitants of the same country; they will likewise partake of those more general advantages which made the genus to which the parent-species belonged, a large genus in its own country.
The first thing he did was to clean up some armour that had belonged to his great-grandfather, and had been for ages lying forgotten in a corner eaten with rust and covered with mildew.
"The throne belongs to whoever is able to take it," answered Jinjur, as she slowly ate another caramel.
"Why don't you send her back to her mother, where she belongs?" asked Jack Pumpkinhead.