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belongings

belongings is the plural 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...

Synonyms of belongings

Questions about belongings

What is belongings the plural of?
Belongings is the plural of belonging.

Words near belongings in the dictionary

  1. belonginess
  2. belonging
  3. belongingly
  4. belongingness
  5. belongingnesses
  6. belongings
  7. belongness
  8. belongs
  9. belonid
  10. belonids
  11. beloniform

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