belong to
phrasal verb
belonged to; belonging to; belongs to
1
: to be the property of (someone) : to be owned by
The money belongs to him.
The house belongs not just to her, but to her husband as well.
His style belongs only to himself.
2
: to be a member of (a club, organization, etc.)
The family belongs to a country club.
Most of the company's employees belong to an HMO.
3
: to be included in (a category, group, etc.)
What family does that bird belong to?
4
: to be a part of (something)
the parts belonging to the clock
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Aurelien Tchouameni Those mid-January boos at the Bernabeu belong to the past.
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
As part of the protocol, the certificate is sent to the other connecting party as evidence that the server’s public key actually belongs to the web server/website operator.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
His wife tried to take the music that belongs to me.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
How Gen Xers’ accounts are doing Of the million-dollar-plus accounts, the majority (346,000) belonged to Gen Xers, the generation of people who will start retiring within the next decade.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
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Mario Cortegana, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
As part of the protocol, the certificate is sent to the other connecting party as evidence that the server’s public key actually belongs to the web server/website operator.
—Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
His wife tried to take the music that belongs to me.
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
How Gen Xers’ accounts are doing Of the million-dollar-plus accounts, the majority (346,000) belonged to Gen Xers, the generation of people who will start retiring within the next decade.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for belong to
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“Belong to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belong%20to. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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