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   belong

   /bɪˈlɒŋ/

   verb

   • 1. be the property of: "the vehicle did not belong to him"
   • ▪ be due to: "most of the credit belongs to Paul"
   • ▪ (of a contest or period of time) be dominated by: "the race belonged completely to Fogarty"
   • 2. be a member of (a particular group or organization): "he belonged to the local cricket club"
   • ▪ (of a person) have an affinity for a specified place or situation: "she is a stranger, and doesn't belong here" Similar fit inbe suited tohave a rightful placehave a homebe part ofinformal:goclick
   • ▪ have the right personal or social qualities to be a member of a particular group: "young people are generally very anxious to belong"
   • 3. (of a thing) be rightly placed in a specified position: "he put the rifle back in the locker where it belonged"
   • ▪ be rightly assigned to a specified category: "these compounds belong to a class of chemical mediators called kairomones" Similar have a placebe locatedbe situatedbe foundliestandbe includedbe classedbe classifiedbe categorized

   Word Origin Old English belangian, of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • B

     3

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

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