verb
- Be owned by; be in the possession of.
- usage: "This book belongs to me"
- Be suitable or acceptable.
- usage: "This student somehow doesn't belong"
- Be in the right place or situation.
- usage: "Where do these books belong"; "Let's put health care where it belongs-under the control of the government"; "Where do these books go"
- synonyms: go
- Be rightly classified in a class or category.
- usage: "The whales belong among the mammals"
- Be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place. )
- usage: "They belong to the same political party"
- Be a part or adjunct.
- usage: "the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection"; "These pages don't belong"
- synonyms: belong to
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