belonging
noun
Origin of belonging
belong
verb (used without object)
Verb Phrases
Origin of belong
Related Words for belonging
relationship, inclusion, acceptance, loyalty, rapport, affinity, attachment, association, kinshipExamples from the Web for belonging
Contemporary Examples of belonging
The issue explored the theme of vulnerability, “relevant to anyone who seeks understanding, change, love, and belonging.”
They cross gender boundaries, geography, issues of wealth and belonging.
He added that a plant nursery and two tractors, belonging to local Abdel Azziz Nasserallah, were also damaged in the attack.
But New Yorkers are casually tribal, and dual identities often seem like the minimum bid for belonging here.
He quickly remarried, leaving McWilliam with an almost fairytale sense of not belonging.
Historical Examples of belonging
I must say I don't know of any belonging to the latter class.
Ballads of a BohemianRobert W. Service
Why resist, and refuse the glory of belonging to the faculty?
The Imaginary InvalidMolire
He carried Kingozi's rifle, but left that belonging to Winkleman with Mali-ya-bwana.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
You heard what I said, Douw, upon your belonging henceforth to this house--to me?
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
I'll not ask you, with your remembrance of my house and all belonging to it, whether you believe it.
Little DorritCharles Dickens