{
    "term": "belong",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "belong",
            "heSheIt": "belongs"
        },
        "pastSimple": "belonged",
        "pastParticiple": "belonged",
        "ingForm": "belonging"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to be in the right or suitable place",
            "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Where do these plates belong *(= where are they kept)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you sure these documents belong together?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Several of the points you raise do not belong in this discussion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A person like that does not belong in teaching."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to feel comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't feel as if I belong here."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɒŋ/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belong__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɒŋz/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belongs__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɒŋd/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belonged__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belonging__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɔːŋ/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belong__us_6.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɔːŋz/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belongs__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɔːŋd/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belonged__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈlɔːŋɪŋ/",
                "audio": "be/belong/belonging__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from be- (as an intensifier) + the archaic verb long ‘belong’, based on Old English gelang ‘at hand, together with’."
}