Definition of Belonging. Meaning of Belonging. Synonyms of Belonging

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Definition of Belonging

Belonging
Belong Be*long", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Belonged; p. pr. & vb. n. Belonging.] [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. i.] Note: [Usually construed with to.] 1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain. 2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. --Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. --1 Kings i. 8. 3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. ``Do not interpretations belong to God ?' --Gen. xl. 8. 4. To be suitable for; to be due to. Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. --Heb. v. 14. No blame belongs to thee. --Shak. 5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. --Blackstone.

Meaning of Belonging from wikipedia

- Look up belonging in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Belonging may refer to: Belongingness, the need to belong Belonging (TV series), a Welsh television...
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- "You Belong with Me" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the third single from her second studio album Fearless (2008). Big Machine...
- "Belong to the World" is a song by the Canadian singer-songwriter the W****nd from his debut studio album Kiss Land (2013). The song was released as the...
- "The Belonging Kind" is a science fiction short story by cyberpunk authors William Gibson and John Shirley. It was first published in the horror anthology...
- Belonging is a studio album by American jazz pianist Keith Jarrett, recorded over two days in April 1974 and released on ECM later that year—the debut...
- You Belong to Me may refer to: You Belong to Me (1934 film), a drama starring Helen Morgan You Belong to Me (1941 film), a romantic comedy starring Henry...
- Apart is the blueprint for the Belonging Outside Belonging game system. Both games use the Belonging Outside Belonging system, a set of dice-less mechanics...
- Belonging is a 1922 British silent crime film directed by Floyd Martin Thornton and starring Hugh Buckler, Barbara Hoffe and William Lenders. The film's...
- definition of school belonging comes from a 1993 academic article by researchers Carol Goodenow and Kathleen Grady, who describe school belonging as "the extent...