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belong

Entry Word:: belong
Function:: verb

Text: 1 to have or be in a usual or proper place <your shoes belong in the closet, not out on the floor where people will trip on them> Synonymsgo Related Wordsplace, stay; fit (in) 2 to be the property of a person or group of persons <those textbooks belong to the school system, and you have to give them back at the end of the year> Synonymsappertain, pertain Related Wordshave, hold, own, possess

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