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Synonyms for belonging
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : bih-lawng-ing, -long- |
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, -ˈlɒŋ- |
Définition of belonging
Origin :- mid-14c., "to go along with, properly relate to," from be- intensive prefix, + longen "to go," from Old English langian "pertain to, to go along with," of unknown origin. Senses of "be the property of" and "be a member of" first recorded late 14c. Cognate with Middle Dutch belanghen, Dutch belangen, German belangen. Replaced earlier Old English gelang, with completive prefix ge-.
- noun sense of security in friendship
- I must say I don't know of any belonging to the latter class.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Why resist, and refuse the glory of belonging to the faculty?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- He carried Kingozi's rifle, but left that belonging to Winkleman with Mali-ya-bwana.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- You heard what I said, Douw, upon your belonging henceforth to this house--to me?
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- I'll not ask you, with your remembrance of my house and all belonging to it, whether you believe it.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- That night a slave and his wife, belonging to the place, ran away to the enemy.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- In one corner was a donkey tied up, belonging to the Bohemian.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- The chroniclers were Buddhists belonging to the sect of the Buddha Gothama.
- Extract from : « The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ » by Nicolas Notovitch
- This was a realm of unrest and tempest, which the devils claimed as belonging to themselves.
- Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor
- The people looked upon her as belonging to them more than she had done before, and faction was silenced by the general delight.
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
Antonyms for belonging
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