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

Examples of belong to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The guns currently in rotation belong to: Gun #1 has left Timothy’s (Jason Isaacs) possession, and not a moment too soon. —Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

Technically, the desk with the least real estate between it and the Trump's Oval belongs to Margo Martin, a special assistant to the president and communications adviser. —Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2025

Published March 17 | Read More | Creatures with dozens of ‘slender’ legs — some ‘leaf-like’ — are new species in Japan Researchers discovered seven new species of millipedes in the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan, belonging to the Xystodesmus genus. —Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025

Sloan rightfully believed that the SEC’s heart and soul belonged to football, and basketball was nothing more than an afterthought and a sideshow. —Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for belong to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue