- 1[intransitive] + adv./prep. to be in the right or suitable place Where do these plates belong (= where are they kept)? Are you sure these documents belong together? Several of the points you raise do not belong in this discussion. A person like that does not belong in teaching.
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- 2[intransitive] to feel comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people I don't feel as if I belong here. Phrasal Verbsbelong to
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NAmE//bɪˈlɔŋ//
(not used in the progressive tenses)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they belong he / she / it belongs
past simple belonged
noun [uncountable] to feel a sense of belongingSee belong in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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