| Pronunciation: | | bi'longing
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[n] happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging" |
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BELONGING is a 9 letter word that starts with B. |
| | See Also: | | closeness, comfortableness, happiness, intimacy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Be*long"ing\, n. [Commonly in the pl.]
1. That which belongs to one; that which pertains to one;
hence, goods or effects. ``Thyself and thy belongings.''
--Shak.
2. That which is connected with a principal or greater thing;
an appendage; an appurtenance.
3. Family; relations; household. [Colloq.]
Few persons of her ladyship's belongings stopped,
before they did her bidding, to ask her reasons.
--Thackeray.
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