BELONGING

belonging

(noun) happiness felt in a secure relationship; “with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Verb

belonging

present participle of belong

Etymology 2

Noun

belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)

(uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.

(countable, mostly, in the plural) Something physical that is owned.

(pluralonly, colloquial, dated) family; relations; household.

Synonyms

• (something physical that is owned): possession, thing

Anagrams

• englobing

Source: Wiktionary

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Be*long"ing, n. Etym: [Commonly in the pl.]

1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects. "Thyself and thy belongings." Shak.

2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance.

3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.] Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped, before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons. Thackeray.

BELONG

Be*long", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Belonged; p. pr. & vb. n. Belonging.] Etym: [OE. belongen (akin to D. belangen to concern, G. belangen to attain to, to concern); pref. be- + longen to desire. See Long, v. i.]

Note: [Usually construed with to.]

1. To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

2. To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service. A desert place belonging to . . . Bethsaids. Luke ix. 10. The mighty men which belonged to David. 1 Kings i. 8.

3. To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to. "Do not interpretations belong to God " Gen. xl. 8.

4. To be suitable for; to be due to. Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age. Heb. v. 14. No blame belongs to thee. Shak.

5. To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town. Bastards also are settled in the parishes to which the mothers belong. Blackstone.

Be*long", v. t.

Definition: To be deserved by. [Obs.] More evils belong us than happen to us. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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