belonging

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Verb

belonging

1. Present participle of belong.

Noun

belonging (countable and uncountable; plural belongings)

1. (uncountable) The action of the verb to belong.

   I have a feeling of belonging in London.

   A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.

2. (countable) (almost always used in the plural) Something physical that is owned.
   • Shakespeare

     Thyself and thy belongings.

   Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.

3. (colloquial, dated) family; relations; household
   • Thackeray

     Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.

Synonyms

• (something physical that is owned): possession, thing

Translations

the action of the verb to belong

• French: appartenance (fr) f
• Portuguese: pertencimento (pt) m

• Spanish: pertenencia (es) f
• Swedish: tillhörighet (sv) c

something physical that is owned

• French: possesion (fr) f, biens (fr) m pl
• Spanish: pertenencias f pl ; (colloquial or jocular usages) cachachá m (Venezuela), chivas m pl (Mexico), macundales m pl (Venezuela), maritates (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua)

• Swedish: tillhörighet (sv) c