Definitions for belonging
bɪˈlɔŋ ɪŋ, -ˈlɒŋ-be·long·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 5 votes

1. belongingnoun

   happiness felt in a secure relationship

   "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. belongingnoun

   The action of the verb to belong.

2. belongingnoun

   (almost always used in the plural) Something physical that is owned.

   Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.

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1. belonging

   Belonging refers to the sense of being accepted, comfortable, and an integral part of a community, group, or environment. It relates to a person's emotional identification or attachment to a specific setting, interaction, or relationship where they feel they are genuinely understood, valued, and included.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Belonging

   of Belong

2. Belongingnoun

   that which belongs to one; that which pertains to one; hence, goods or effects

3. Belongingnoun

   that which is connected with a principal or greater thing; an appendage; an appurtenance

4. Belongingnoun

   family; relations; household

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1. Belonging

   Belonging is an English-language Welsh television drama series, produced by BBC Wales and broadcast on BBC One Wales. The programme revolved around the lives of the Lewis family, and their various trials and tribulations in the changing environment of their South Wales town Bryncoed and modern Wales. The programme began in 1999, and its ninth and final series started in April 2008 and ended in June. A one-off ten-year anniversary special was broadcast on 16 April 2009, centring around a reunion of the Lewis family.

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1. belonging

   To belong to a person, people or group.

   The teacher said it was belonging to the young boy who was so focused on his work.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

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   belonging

   To feel a sense of community, purpose and unity.

   To have a sense of belonging every day changes our outlook and attitude on life.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on July 2, 2020  

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1. • Happiness

How to pronounce belonging?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say belonging in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of belonging in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of belonging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of belonging in a Sentence

1. Claude Lévi-Strauss:

   Being human signifies, for each one of us, belonging to a class, a society, a country, a continent and a civilization; and for us European earth-dwellers, the adventure played out in the heart of the New World signifies in the first place that it was not our world and that we bear responsibility for the crime of its destruction.

2. Marina Gallagher:

   We're white, middle-class Americans. It's nice to realize that we're part of a universal church, this gives you that sense of belonging. It gives you a sense of belonging to the church in the world.

3. Pope Francis:

   I ask him, the Saviour of the world, to look upon our brothers and sisters in Iraq and Syria, who for too long now have suffered the effects of ongoing conflict, and who, together with those belonging to other ethnic and religious groups, are suffering a brutal persecution, may Christmas bring them hope, as indeed also to the many displaced persons, exiles and refugees, children, adults and elderly, from this region and from the whole world.

4. Sir Thos Overbury:

   The man who has not anything to boast of but his illustrious ancestors is like a potato?the only good belonging to him is underground.

5. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi:

   My government will not allow any religious group, belonging to the majority or the minority, to incite hatred against others, overtly or covertly.

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