"belonging" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ [General-American], /bɪˈlɑŋɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-belonging.ogg Forms: belongings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒŋɪŋ Etymology: From belong + -ing. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|belong|ing|id2=gerund noun}} belong + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)
  1. (uncountable) The feeling that one belongs. Tags: uncountable Translations (action of the verb belong): mənsubiyyət (Azerbaijani), принадлежност (prinadležnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), appartenance [feminine] (French), tilhørighet (Norwegian Bokmål), pertencimento [masculine] (Portuguese), принадле́жность (prinadléžnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pertenencia [feminine] (Spanish), tillhörighet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-belonging-en-noun-ZE0nhNy2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 9 42 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 43 16 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 34 14 33 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 11 31 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 4 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 14 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 41 8 50 Disambiguation of 'action of the verb belong': 81 18 1
  2. (countable, chiefly in the plural) Something physical that is owned. Tags: countable, in-plural Synonyms: possession, thing Translations (something physical that is owned): вещ (vešt) [feminine] (Bulgarian), affaire [feminine] (French), possession [feminine] (French), bien [masculine] (French), pertenza [feminine] (Galician), Sache [feminine] (German), Eigentum [neuter] (German), gustal [masculine] (Irish), hindru [class-7, class-8] (Ngazidja Comorian), pertence [masculine] (Portuguese), со́бственность (sóbstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), pertenencias [feminine, plural] (Spanish), cachachá (note: colloquial or jocular usages) [Venezuela, masculine] (Spanish), chivas [Mexico, masculine, plural] (Spanish), macundales [Venezuela, masculine, plural] (Spanish), maritates [Costa-Rica, El-Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua] (Spanish), efectos personales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), enseres [masculine, plural] (Spanish), artículos personales [masculine, plural] (Spanish), bártulos [masculine, plural] (Spanish), tillhörighet [common-gender] (Swedish), ägodel (Swedish), waipecce (Tocharian B)
    Sense id: en-belonging-en-noun-y58XWEhm Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 43 16 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 34 14 33 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 14 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of 'something physical that is owned': 1 98 0
  3. (plural only, colloquial, dated) Family; relations; household. Tags: colloquial, countable, dated, plural, plural-only, uncountable
    Sense id: en-belonging-en-noun-kUA9eAbL Categories (other): English pluralia tantum, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun), English terms suffixed with -ing (participial), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tocharian B translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 9 42 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun): 43 16 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 34 14 33 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 45 10 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 4 45 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 40 11 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 39 14 47 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 10 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 38 8 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 41 9 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Ngazidja Comorian translations: 37 10 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 42 10 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 40 10 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 39 6 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 46 6 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 41 8 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Tocharian B translations: 38 5 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: belongingly, belongingness, nonbelonging
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ [General-American], /bɪˈlɑŋɪŋ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: En-us-belonging.ogg
Rhymes: -ɒŋɪŋ Etymology: From Middle English belonginge, belanging, belangand, equivalent to belong + -ing. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|belonginge}} Middle English belonginge, {{suffix|en|belong|ing|id2=participial}} belong + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} belonging
  1. present participle and gerund of belong Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: belong
    Sense id: en-belonging-en-verb-nyOWV765 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 34 14 33 19
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "[…] Thyself and thy belongings\nAre not thine own so proper as to waste\nThyself upon thy virtues, they on thee.",
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          "text": "When Lady Kew said Sic volo, sic jubeo [Thus I will, thus I command], I promise you few persons of her ladyship’s belongings stopped, before they did her biddings, to ask her reasons.",
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