belong

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈlɒŋ/ (General American) enPR: bĭ-lôngʹ, IPA(key): /bɪˈlɔŋ/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /bɪˈlɑŋ/ Hyphenation: be‧long Rhymes: -ɒŋ === Etymology 1 === From Middle English belongen, bilongen, from Middle English be- + longen (“to be fitting, be suitable”), from Old English langian (“to pertain to, suit”), equivalent to be- +‎ long (“to belong”). Compare Saterland Frisian beloangje (“to attain, reach, meet”), Dutch belangen (“to concern”), German belangen (“to sue, concern”). ==== Verb ==== belong (third-person singular simple present belongs, present participle belonging, simple past and past participle belonged) (intransitive) To have its proper place. Synonym: go (of a person) To be accepted in a group. (followed by to) To be a part of a group. (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of. (Can we add an example for this sense?) (intransitive, set theory) (followed by to) To be an element of (a set). The symbol ∈ {\displaystyle \in } means belongs to. Suppose x {\displaystyle x} belongs to R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } … (written x ∈ R {\displaystyle x\in \mathbb {R} } ) (obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by. (Cornwall) To do something habitually or customarily. ===== Usage notes ===== This is generally a stative verb that rarely takes the continuous inflection. See Category:English stative verbs ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Chinese Pidgin English: belong → Jersey Dutch: belânge → Tok Pisin: bilong ===== Translations ===== ==== Further reading ==== “belong”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Etymology 2 === Compare Australian Kriol blanga, Bislama blong, Tok Pisin bilong, and Torres Strait Creole blong. ==== Alternative forms ==== blung, b'longta, b'longa, belonga, blonga ==== Preposition ==== belong (Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to. == Chinese Pidgin English == === Etymology === From English belong. Compare Tok Pisin bilong. === Preposition === belong of; belonging to 地士鼻郎㕭*di6 si6 bi6 long4 ju1Thisee belong you?Is this yours? === References === Umberto Ansaldo; Stephen Matthews; Geoff Smith (2010), “China Coast Pidgin: Texts and contexts”, in Journal of Pidgin and Creole Languages‎[3], volume 25, number 1, →DOI, pages 63-94