- belonging
- noun
Date: 1782
1. possession — usually used in plural
2. close or intimate relationship <a sense of belonging> • belongingness noun
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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Belonging — can refer to:* Ownership * Belonging (TV series), a Welsh television drama series * Belonging ( Angel ), a 2001 episode of the television series Angel * Belonging to Someone , a 1958 song * Belong (band), an ambient shoegaze band from New Orleans … Wikipedia
belonging — belonging; un·belonging; … English syllables
belonging — [bi lôŋ′iŋ] n. 1. a thing that belongs to one 2. [pl.] possessions; property 3. close relationship; familiarity; camaraderie [a feeling of belonging] … English World dictionary
Belonging — Be*long ing, n. [Commonly in the pl.] 1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. Thyself and thy belongings. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belonging — index applicable, appurtenant, chattel, cognate, collateral (accompanying), correlative, holding (property owned) … Law dictionary
belonging to — index apposite, germane Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
belonging — [n] sense of security in friendship acceptance, affinity, association, attachment, inclusion, kinship, loyalty, rapport, relationship; concepts 388,410 Ant. antipathy, insecurity … New thesaurus
belonging to — [adj] owned by affiliated with, associated with, essential to, held by, inherent in, intrinsic in, native to; concepts 404,549 … New thesaurus
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
belonging — noun a) The action of the verb to belong. I have a feeling of belonging in London. b) (almost always used in the plural) Something physical that is owned. A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans. Syn: possession, thing … Wiktionary
belonging — Kō, kā, no, na. ♦ Belonging to that place, no laila. ♦ The hat belonging to Pua, kō Pua pāpale … English-Hawaiian dictionary
