belonging
belonging
Definition
be·long·ing (-iŋ)
noun
- a thing that belongs to one
- possessions; property
- close relationship; familiarity; camaraderie a feeling of belonging
belonging
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- ensure: Ask at Customer Services for details of this scheme for insuring personal belongings.
- steal: Back in there time they built the mound to keep there enemies out of there land to steal there belongings.
- collect: Do not stop to collect personal belongings, or use the lift.
- leave: Don't leave belongings on view in your car.
- bring: Residents are encouraged to bring personal belongings with them to create an environment that feels like home.
- remove: The chamber is a very powerful magnet, so before entering the room you should remove any metal belongings.
Preposition: against
- lawsuit: Asset protection refers to a set of legal techniques for protecting one's belongings against lawsuits and judgments.
Adjective modifier
- meager: It collapsed during the earthquake, leaving them and their meager belongings to be soaked by Indonesia's relentless rains.
- worldly: So they do their daily march in rear of the convoy, carrying their worldly belongings with them.
- personal: A day pack to carry personal belongings on the Inca Trail is also useful.
- precious: People are still being removed without many of their precious belongings.
- unwanted: Pop Larkin buys some unwanted belongings from an old lady named Mrs Meredith.
- valuable: Other insurance You are strongly advised to ensure valuable belongings against theft, loss or damage.
Modifies a noun
- insurance: If you have selected contents and personal belongings insurance, your cover is for replacement as new.
Noun used with modifier
- household: According to reports of witnesses, roads in the southern part of Serbia continue to be flooded with tractors and trailers with household belongings.
Possessives
- one: When you are done, take a moment to visualize your loved one's belongings finding a home there.
- child: Please label all of your child's belongings clearly.
- student: This has resulted in some of the College's best accommodation being used for the storage of students ' belongings for extended periods.
- people: He is said to remove other people's belongings from his death room.
Preposition: in
- bag: Hanna arriving for her first visit... with her belongings in a plastic bag.
belonging Quotes
Detach the writer from the milieu where he has experienced his greatest sense of belonging, and you have created a discontinuity within his personality, a short circuit in his identity. The result is his originality, his creativity comes to an end. He becomes the one-book novelist or the one-trilogy writer.
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