belong to

phrasal verb

belonged to; belonging to; belongs to

1

: to be the property of (someone) : to be owned by

The money belongs to him.

The house belongs not just to her, but to her husband as well.

His style belongs only to himself.

2

: to be a member of (a club, organization, etc.)

The family belongs to a country club.

Most of the company's employees belong to an HMO.

3

: to be included in (a category, group, etc.)

What family does that bird belong to?

4

: to be a part of (something)

the parts belonging to the clock

Examples of belong to in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In addition to the Reddit account, the Steam profile appearing to belong to Jahn pointed to the life of an avid gamer, with over 10,000 hours spent playing games like Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead 2, and Rust. —Jack Moore, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025

Stringer and his colleagues concluded that Yunxian 2 belonged to an early ancestor of Dragon Man, formally called Homo longi. —Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025

His estranged ex-girlfriend, Laneta Lester, was staying at the home, which belonged to her brother. —Abigail Brooks, NBC news, 25 Sep. 2025

The geckos didn’t look like other species that had been identified, researchers said, and genetic analysis confirmed the experts’ suspicions that the geckos belonged to a new species. —Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for belong to

• amadou
• avenue
• ballyhoo
• baraboo
• barbecue
• barbeque
• bugaboo
• cabildo
• caribou
• cockatoo
• detinue
• devalue