Collocations for "belong"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "belong" in context.
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belong
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- belongs to [me, the school, the public]
- belonged to my [grandmother, parents]
- belong [exclusively, solely, originally, jointly] to
- belong to [a club, an organization, the committee]
- belong to [different, similar]
- belongs to [another age, a different time]
- does not belong [here, on the table, in the closet]
- you do not belong here
- feel like you belong
- belong in [engineering, management, sales, research]
- belongs with the others
- [we, those two] belong together
'belong' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):