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Antonyms for belonging

Grammar : Noun
Spell : bih-lawng-ing, -long-
Phonetic Transcription : bɪˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, -ˈlɒŋ-

Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for belonging

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