belong
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Is belong a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (intransitive) To have its proper place.Examples: "Where does this book belong? It belongs on the top shelf."Synonyms: gointransitive
2. (intransitive) To have its proper place.Examples: "You don’t belong here — get out."Synonyms: gointransitive
3. (intransitive) To have its proper place.Examples: "I don’t belong to them!"Synonyms: gointransitivewith-to
4. (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.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."intransitivewith-to
5. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.intransitivewith-to
6. (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ means belongs to.Examples: "Suppose x belongs to #92;mathbb#123;R#125;…"intransitive
prep (English)
1. (Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.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’."
Definition source: Wiktionary