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