Thesaurus results for BELONG

belong

verb

bi-ˈlȯŋ

Definition of belong

as in to stay

to have or be in a usual or proper place your shoes belong in the closet, not in the middle of the living room where people will trip on them

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as in to pertain

to be the property of a person or group of persons those textbooks belong to the school system and not to the students

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Recent Examples of belong Instead, Joe’s bureaucratic limbo provides a route into questions of usefulness, intimacy and belonging, combining an absurdist view of the future with a warmer, more humanist register. — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026 That is true, but making costly and unnecessary wars harder to start belongs in the credit column, not the debit one. — Jennifer Kavanagh, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026 AMSilk believes its animal-free, recyclable and biodegradable bio-silk belongs in premium denim. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Rather than import a brand-new predator to deal with the crabs, the team is topping up a species that already belongs in Mediterranean waters. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for belong

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Jacob Murphy stayed, despite interest from Nottingham Forest.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
And the audience for those games skews young, with more than half of all avid soccer viewers aged 18-to-34, a demographic highly sought by advertisers and one that suggests NBC’s numbers could stay strong for years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of stay

Verb

One search of a home associated with Davis turned up mail pertaining to the Excalibur Hotel in Las Vegas for Orlando Anderson — Davis’ cousin and fellow Southside Crip was a person of interest in Shakur’s killing, Ladd testified, and was detained.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
But technically, there is no rule pertaining to a player going from an SEC school to the NFL, and then back to another conference program within the same year.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of pertain

Verb

Even near the end of an August in which the Jays went 17-11, the team posted a near-average wRC+ (101 entering Sunday).

— Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
In fact, the breakeven rate of employment growth, or the number of net new jobs needed each month to keep the unemployment rate steady, actually went slightly negative during the summer and fall of 2025.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

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