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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of belong.

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Examples

  • "Ah, Anne," she cried, and in the music of her voice, agony itself was ringing -- "Anne, there is but one thing on this earth God rules over -- but one thing that belongs -- _belongs_ to me; and 'tis Gerald

    A Lady of Quality Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886

  • The phrase belongs to the utopian narrative Looking Backward: 2000–1887, by the American socialist Edward Bellamy.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The phrase belongs to the utopian narrative Looking Backward: 2000–1887, by the American socialist Edward Bellamy.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The term belongs to a classification system no longer in use and is now considered offensive.

    Norman Horowitz: My Foolish Expectation of Reasonableness and Sanity 2009

  • Consider This: Helen was hugely popular for the first half of the twentieth century, which is undoubtedly why people think the name belongs to an older woman.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • Consider This: Helen was hugely popular for the first half of the twentieth century, which is undoubtedly why people think the name belongs to an older woman.

    5-Star Baby Name Advisor Bruce Lansky 2008

  • When referring to the disease, Galen accepts that the term belongs to 'other writers'.

    'Diabetes' as described by Byzantine writers from the fourth to the ninth century 2008

  • The other half of the title belongs to Eclipso and her turning of the Creeper, Plastic Man and Dove into eclipsoid villains before Jean Loring loses the Eclipso power.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Fred Perry 2008

  • The other half of the title belongs to Eclipso and her turning of the Creeper, Plastic Man and Dove into eclipsoid villains before Jean Loring loses the Eclipso power.

    Comics for 23 January Fred Perry 2008

  • But the main thing I want to do is, whatever the label belongs on it, is to stop it if we can.

    Interview Of The President By Dan Rather Of Cbs ITY National Archives 1999

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