belong
verb (used without object)
to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed byto ).
belonged
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past participleof belong.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof belong.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
belongverb (used without object)to be in the relation of a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (usually followed byto ).
Example Sentences
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The defense claimed that kidney test evidence produced at the trial belonged to Maradona's father, also named Diego, who died in 2015, not the star of the 1986 World Cup.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
The participants belonged to the OneK1K cohort, a major Australian research project created to investigate how genetics affects individual immune cells across a large population.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 20, 2026
The prosecutor's initial assessment was that the body belonged to a young woman, but more tests were needed to confirm who it was.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026
Clark County officials said the remains belonged to Thomas Erndt of Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
And in his early days of ushering, he’d once Recollected with a racoon who’d belonged to Pain, and quite frankly, he saw things he could not unsee.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
