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
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While teams have found both Homo and Paranthropus remains scattered across the same sites around South Africa, Tanzania, and Ethiopia, researchers often assumed that any accompanying stone tools must have belonged to the latter group.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Rounding out the character lineup is Frau von Luber, an erstwhile aristocrat who’s reduced to being the housekeeper in newly wealthy Olim’s castle—which used to belong to her.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Cline, who voted for the first rescissions package this Congress, also belongs to the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The evidence suggests that while species belonging to the genus Homo increasingly relied on using tools, Paranthropus followed a different evolutionary path.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 Oct. 2025
Rounding out the character lineup is Frau von Luber, an erstwhile aristocrat who’s reduced to being the housekeeper in newly wealthy Olim’s castle—which used to belong to her.
—JSTOR Daily, 16 Oct. 2025
Cline, who voted for the first rescissions package this Congress, also belongs to the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus.
—Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The evidence suggests that while species belonging to the genus Homo increasingly relied on using tools, Paranthropus followed a different evolutionary path.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Belong to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belong%20to. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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