Entry Word: belong

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to have or be in a usual or proper place <your shoes belong in the closet, not out on the floor where people will trip on them>

Synonyms go

Related Words place, stay; fit (in)

2 to be the property of a person or group of persons <those textbooks belong to the school system, and you have to give them back at the end of the year>

Synonyms appertain, pertain

Related Words have, hold, own, possess