We regarded the document as belonging to her brother.
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Belonging
//bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ//
Synonyms for "belonging" (17 found)
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Closest matches (4)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (8)
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3 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 14 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- mənsubiyyət noun (action of the verb belong)
Bulgarian
2 entries- вещ noun (something physical that is owned)
- принадлежност noun (action of the verb belong)
French
4 entries- affaire noun (something physical that is owned)
- appartenance noun (action of the verb belong)
- bien noun (something physical that is owned)
- possession noun (something physical that is owned)
Galician
1 entries- pertenza noun (something physical that is owned)
Georgian
2 entries- კუთვნილი ნივთები noun (something physical that is owned)
- საკუთრება noun (something physical that is owned)
German
4 entries- Besitz noun (something physical that is owned)
- Eigentum noun (something physical that is owned)
- Gut noun (something physical that is owned)
- Hab und Gut noun (something physical that is owned)
Irish
1 entries- gustal noun (something physical that is owned)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- hindru noun (something physical that is owned)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tilhørighet noun (action of the verb belong)
Portuguese
2 entries- pertence noun (something physical that is owned)
- pertencimento noun (action of the verb belong)
Russian
2 entries- принадле́жность noun (action of the verb belong)
- со́бственность noun (something physical that is owned)
Spanish
4 entries- artículos personales noun (something physical that is owned)
- bártulos noun (something physical that is owned)
- cachachá noun (something physical that is owned)
- chivas noun (something physical that is owned)
Swedish
3 entries- tillhörighet noun (action of the verb belong)
- tillhörighet noun (something physical that is owned)
- ägodel noun (something physical that is owned)
Tocharian B
1 entries- waipecce noun (something physical that is owned)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The Japanese Dentists Association affair is an incident concerning secret donations from the Japanese Dentists Association to Diet members belonging to the LDP.
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The author of the book raises lots of questions about the belonging.
Source: tatoeba (1892617)
If he went near the farmyard belonging to the count, he was pushed and knocked about, for the men and the maids said he was so horrible ugly; but he was used to all this, for nobody loved him.
Source: tatoeba (2674792)
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