belong
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be owned by; be in the possession of
This book belongs to me
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Related & opposite
- property derivation
Sense 2 verb
be suitable or acceptable
This student somehow doesn't belong
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 3 verb
be in the right place or situation
Where do these books belong?
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 4 verb
be rightly classified in a class or category
The whales belong among the mammals
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 5 verb
be a member, adherent, inhabitant, etc. (of a group, organization, or place)
They belong to the same political party
Types & categories
- be hypernym
Sense 6 verb
be a part or adjunct
the uniform looks like it belonged to a museum collection
Types & categories
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | property |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | be |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | inhere |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | appertain |