belonging
[bih-lawng-ing, -long-]
- something that belongs.
- belongings, possessions; goods; personal effects.
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Origin of belonging
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Contemporary Examples
He belongs to a gym, he can afford to pay for that: he can shower, he can keep his belongings in a series of lockers there.
Next door, Mohammad Abu Najar and his father Yousef gather their belongings.
A few of the survivors have returned to look for belongings.
All families who fled on the last morning reported having money, belongings, jewelry, and even documents stolen from them.
They fear for their unborn child, a baby girl who will be born into a family with no belongings, no money, and little food.
Historical Examples
The coachman was revolving in his own mind the question of the boy's belongings.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
And that reminds me: I have a hammock somewhere among my belongings.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Linda rushed into the house and carried her belongings to her workroom.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
There was a scramble on the instant for muskets, bags, and belongings.
In the ValleyHarold Frederic
The pin had been among the most valuable and cherished of his belongings.
The Black BagLouis Joseph Vance
belongings
- (sometimes singular) the things that a person owns or has with him; possessions; effects
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belonging
- secure relationship; affinity (esp in the phrase a sense of belonging)
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Word Origin and History for belongings
n.
"goods, effects, possessions," 1817, from plural of verbal noun from belong.
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