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Meaning of BELONGING

Pronunciation:  bi'longing

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 Definition: [n]  happiness felt in a secure relationship; "with his classmates he felt a sense of belonging"
 
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 See Also: closeness, comfortableness, happiness, intimacy

 

 

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Belonging
The poet delves deeply into the political and personal chasms that separate human beings, pealing back the layers of relationship within normal families to reveal the shared history that defines us. Simultaneous. (Poetry)

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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