Definition: 1. Be owned by; be in the possession of. 2. Originate (in). 3. Be suitable or acceptable. 4. Be in the right place or situation. 5. Be classified with.
Use 'belong' in a sentence:
1. Humans also seem to have a deep desire to belong.
2. Who has taught you to take things that do not belong to you?
3. It could belong to anyone.
4. I would only belong to an environmental movement if it was explicitly non-violent.
5. They belong to many different, and often antagonistic, clans and tribes, with no common language or religion.
6. It is inappropriate for a judge to belong to a discriminatory club.
7. Stereotypes are often positive, particularly of groups that we ourselves belong to.
8. Clearly, there are chemicals in our bodies that don't belong there.
9. They belong to a class of sugar-based chemical compounds, also known as flavonoids.
10. His novels belong to a great but vanished age. They are, in short, old-fashioned.
11. I'm so glad to see you back where you belong.
12. Who does this watch belong to?
13. The islands belong to Spain.
14. These magazines may belong to her.
15. He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.
16. Asia and quite surprisingly the United States, Canada and Britain belong to low-contact cultures.
17. I don't feel as if I belong here.
18. The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.
19. He belonged to what the press called 'The Chelsea Set'.
20. Also, stereotypes are often positive, particularly of groups that we ourselves belong to.
21. I really think that we belong together.
22. You do not belong to this country?
23. Both belong to clubs and sports teams.
24. As parents we have a responsibility to give our children a sense of belonging.
25. They established that the body belonged to a 15-year-old girl.
26. You don't belong here.
27. They continue to learn and bring a great deal to the groups they belong to.
28. While the two are only days apart in age they seem to belong to wholly different generations.
29. Many people still feel there is safety in numbers when belonging to a union.
30. If I were to live, this place would sometime belong to me.
31. Which of the following does housing belong in according to the text?
32. This piece really belongs in the concert hall.
33. She belonged to a high-minded group of ladies who met and discussed Works of Literature.
34. The property belongs to her by right.
35. I realized that he and I belonged to different worlds.
36. Whom did the $20 bill belong to?
37. The idea of cloning extinct life forms still belongs to science fiction.
38. Oh, anybody can run a tick down that don't belong to them.
39. To this class of substance belong mica, porcelain, quartz, glass, wood, etc.
40. Are you sure these documents belong together?
41. I used to belong to a youth club.
42. He belongs to an exclusive club.
43. The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.
44. They need to feel they belong.
45. Lions belong to the cat family.
46. Lions and tigers belong to the cat family.
47. The cat belongs to the people who live upstairs.
48. She belongs to the Labour Party.
49. Where do these plates belong?
50. The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
51. Do you belong to any professional or trade associations?
52. The contents of shipwrecks belong to the state.
53. In many cases, the clothes people wear identify them as belonging to a particular social class.
