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belongin'

belongin' is the pronunciation spelling of belonging.

Meaning of belonging

Noun

belonging (countable and uncountable, plural belongings)

  1. (uncountable) The feeling that one belongs.
    • I have a feeling of belonging in London.
  2. (countable, in plural) Something physical that is owned.
    • Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave.
    Synonyms:
    possession, thing
  3. (colloquial, dated, plural, plural-only) Family; relations; household.
    • 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.1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], chapter XXXIII, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and...

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What is belongin' the pronunciation spelling of?
Belongin' is the pronunciation spelling of belonging.

Words near belongin' in the dictionary

  1. belongership
  2. belongest
  3. belongeth
  4. Belongia
  5. Belongias
  6. belongin'
  7. belonginess
  8. belonging
  9. belongingly
  10. belongingness
  11. belongingnesses

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