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 Account and name checks belong at onboarding, when the payee is inside your product and can correct a typo immediately. — Ran Grushkowsky, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026 The connection also illustrates why Edwards believes contemporary hip-hop belongs in a district best known for the jazz musicians who made 18th & Vine internationally significant during the 20th century. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 Put the expectations in writing, confirm the deadline, and decide where updates belong. — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 1 Sep. 2026 That gap is at least part of why frustration that belonged elsewhere landed on us in New Orleans. — Charles "chuck" Henderson, STAT, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for belong

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On November 12, 2019, Pourrain was legally admitted into the country at the Atlanta Intercontinental Airport, with permission to stay for six months.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
If milestones stay fixed while priorities, risks and dependencies keep changing, stakeholders are managing expectations based on outdated assumptions.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of stay

Verb

The web portal will launch with a glossary of some 180 terms pertaining to AI designed to bring standardization to what has been an unruly moving target.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
Those are some of the main items pertaining to working conditions that were codified in a memorandum of understanding between the NHL and NHL Players’ Association in June 2025.

— Chris Johnston, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of pertain

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Slavia Prague The Czech champions briefly threatened an upset against Barcelona in the league phase last season, going ahead in sub-zero temperatures in Prague before the Catalan side turned up the heat to win 4-2.

— Nick Miller, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Okamoto went 4 for 5 with a double and broke a 3-all tie in the seventh with an RBI single.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026

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