belong
Part of speech: verb
prep
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: mathematics
sciences
set-theory
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi
Proto-Germanic *bider.
Proto-Germanic *bi-
Proto-West Germanic *bi-
Old English be-
Middle English be-
Proto-Germanic *langōną
Proto-West Germanic *langōn
Old English langian
Middle English longen
Middle English belongen
English belong
From Middle English belongen, bilongen, from Middle English be- + longen (“to be fitting, be suitable”), from Old English langian (“to pertain to, suit”), equivalent to be- + long (“to belong”). Compare Saterland Frisian beloangje (“to attain, reach, meet”), Dutch belangen (“to concern”), German belangen (“to sue, concern”).
Base: long
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
form: belongs
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: belonging
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: belonged
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: belonged
pos: verb
tags: past
form: blung
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: b'longta
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: b'longa
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: belonga
pos: prep
tags: alternative
form: blonga
pos: prep
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To have its proper place.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf.
gloss: To have its proper place.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: You don’t belong here — get out.
gloss: To have its proper place.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
with-to
examples: I don’t belong to the Southside Crew.
gloss: To have its proper place.
pos: verb
tags: dated
informal
intransitive
obsolete
examples: " We have," he says, "in these parts a provincial usage of the word "belong:" as, "belong to Halifax," "belong to Leeds: "or, more commonly, "belong Halifax," "belong Leeds:" meaning, live there.
Ah! this is the elder of the two - not the one who belongs to Cornwall - I can see that chap still there, holding on to yonder spar.
gloss: To be the property of, or be bound to by dependency or as an attribute.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
with-to
examples: That house belongs to me.
Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.
A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
gloss: To be the spouse or partner of.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
with-to
examples: John wanted to ask Mary out on a date, but learned that Mary belonged to another man.
gloss: (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Suppose x belongs to #92;mathbb#123;R#125;…
gloss: To be deserved by.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: More evils belong us than happen to us.
gloss: To do something habitually or customarily.
pos: verb
tags: Cornwall
examples: Belong. To be accustomed; to be due. He belongs to go every day. The 'bus belongs to start soon.
[…] she belong to behave now she's growed up.
gloss: Of, belonging to.
pos: prep
examples: Jim Campbell, Charlie, Dick, ... Fred, lubra b’longa him, me, thass all.
By an’ bye ’im grow ’m up make ’m good fella stockman b’longta you.
Those who had persevered with the course and had acquired some skill were now almost deferentially called ‘Maban (expert) belonga clay’.
Them two bin help’m too, and that father blung to this one old Frank.
There’s the bloke that’s kill that feller, uncle belong you an me.
Get that fire [wood] stacked up like that tree there, that high ... It wasn’t wood belong to that fire pile. Might be for station, or somebody else, you know.
Derived words: all your base are belong to us
belonger
belonginess
belonging
belongingness
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: hoort
lang: Arabic
word: اِنْتَمَى
roman: intamā
lang: Arabic
word: ينتمي
roman: yentemi
lang: Bulgarian
word: принадлежа́
roman: prinadležá
lang: Catalan
word: pertànyer
lang: Czech
word: patřit
lang: Danish
word: have sin plads
lang: Danish
word: passe
lang: Danish
word: tilhøre
lang: Dutch
word: thuishoren
lang: Dutch
word: horen
lang: Finnish
word: kuulua
lang: Finnish
word: lukeutua
lang: French
word: avoir sa place
lang: Galician
word: pertencer
lang: German
word: hingehören
lang: German
word: dazugehören
lang: Latin
word: insum
lang: Macedonian
word: припаѓа
roman: pripaǵa
lang: Pennsylvania German
word: aabelange
lang: Portuguese
word: pertencer
lang: Quechua
word: kapuy
lang: Russian
word: быть «свои́м»
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: buin
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pripadati
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: spadati
lang: Spanish
word: pertenecer
lang: Swedish
word: höra
lang: Swedish
word: höra hemma
lang: Yiddish
word: באַלאַנגען
roman: balangen