belonging
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒŋɪŋ
- Hyphenation: be‧long‧ing
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English belonginge, belanging, belangand, equivalent to belong + -ing.
Verb[edit]
belonging
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)
- (uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.
- I have a feeling of belonging in London.
- A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans.
- (countable, chiefly plural) Something physical that is owned.
- Shakespeare
- Thyself and thy belongings.
- Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
- Shakespeare
- (colloquial, dated) family; relations; household
- Thackeray
- Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
- Thackeray
Synonyms[edit]
- (something physical that is owned): possession, thing
Translations[edit]
the action of the verb to belong
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something physical that is owned
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Categories:
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English words suffixed with -ing
- English non-lemma forms
- English present participles
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English colloquialisms
- English dated terms