belong to
[verb]
Synonyms:
- be the property of, be at the disposal of, be held by, be owned by
- be a member of, be affiliated to, be allied to, be associated with, be included in

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English Thesaurus: own, have, possess, belong to somebody/something, hold, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

belong to somebody/something phrasal verb (see also belong)

1. if something belongs to someone, they own it:
The book belongs to Dan.
Who does this scarf belong to?

2. to be a member of a group or organization:
He belongs to the golf club.

3. to be related to something or form part of it:
cars that belong to a different era

4. to be related to or produced by a particular person:
She recognized the voice as belonging to the man who had attacked her.

5. if a competition or period of time belongs to someone, they are the most important or successful person in it:
All the acts were good, but the evening belonged to a dance group from Moscow.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

own if you own something, it legally belongs to you:
They live in a flat but they don’t own it.
The land is owned by farmers.
a privately owned plane
have [not in passive] to own something – used when focussing on the fact that someone has the use of something, rather than the fact that they legally own it:
How many students have a cell phone?
I wish I had a sports car.
possess [not in passive] formal to own something:
It is illegal to possess a firearm in Britain.
I don’t even possess a smart suit!
belong to somebody/something [not in passive] if something belongs to you, you own it:
The ring belonged to my grandmother.
hold to own shares in a company:
One man holds a third of the company’s shares.
be the property of somebody/something formal to be owned by someone – written on signs, labels etc:
This camera is the property of the BBC.

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