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1 VERB [no cont] If something belongs to you, you own it. □ [V + to ] The house had belonged to her family for three or four generations.

2 VERB [no cont] You say that something belongs to a particular person when you are guessing, discovering, or explaining that it was produced by or is part of that person. □ [V + to ] The handwriting belongs to a male.

3 VERB [no cont] If someone belongs to a particular group, they are a member of that group. □ [V + to ] I used to belong to a youth club.

4 VERB [no cont] If something or someone belongs in or to a particular category, type, or group, they are of that category, type, or group. □ [V + in/to ] The judges could not decide which category it belonged in.

5 VERB [no cont] If something belongs to a particular time, it comes from that time. □ [V + to ] The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.

6 VERB [no cont] If you say that something belongs to someone, you mean that person has the right to it. □ [V + to ] …but the last word belonged to Rosanne.

7 VERB [no cont] If you say that a time belongs to a particular system or way of doing something, you mean that that time is or will be characterized by it. □ [V + to ] The future belongs to democracy.

8 VERB [no cont] If a baby or child belongs to a particular adult, that adult is his or her parent or the person who is looking after him or her. □ [V + to ] He deduced that the two children belonged to the couple.

9 VERB [no cont] When lovers say that they belong together , they are expressing their closeness or commitment to each other. □ [V together ] I really think that we belong together. □ [V + with ] He belongs with me.

10 VERB [no cont] If a person or thing belongs in a particular place or situation, that is where they should be. □ [V adv/prep] You don't belong here. □ [V adv/prep] I'm so glad to see you back where you belong. □ [V ] They need to feel they belong. ●  be|long|ing N‑UNCOUNT □  …a man utterly without a sense of belonging. USAGE belong

When belong is used with meaning 1 , it must be followed by to . Don’t say, for example, ‘ This bag belongs me ’. Say ‘This bag belongs to me’. □  Everything you see here belongs to me.

be|long|ings /b I lɒ ŋ I ŋz, [AM ] -lɔː ŋ-/ N‑PLURAL [usu poss N ] Your belongings are the things that you own, especially things that are small enough to be carried. □  I collected my belongings and left.

be|lov|ed /b I lʌ v I d/ When the adjective is not followed by a noun it is pronounced /b I lʌ vd/ and is hyphenated be|loved. 1 ADJ [usu ADJ n, Also v-link ADJ of/by n] A beloved person, thing, or place is one that you feel great affection for. □  He lost his beloved wife last year.

2 N‑SING [usu poss N ] Your beloved is the person that you love. [OLD-FASHIONED ] □  He takes his beloved into his arms.

be|low ◆◆◇ /b I loʊ /

1 PREP If something is below something else, it is in a lower position. □  He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's. □  The path runs below a long brick wall. □  The sun had already sunk below the horizon. ● ADV [n ADV , ADV after v] Below is also an adverb. □  …a view to the street below. □  Spread out below was a great crowd.

2 PHRASE If something is below ground or below the ground , it is in the ground. □  They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground.

3 ADV [n ADV , ADV after v] You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later. □  Please contact me on the number below.