BELONG

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Traducere în limba română

belong verb intranzitiv

1. to belong to a aparţine (cu dat.), a fi al (cu gen.), a fi proprietatea (cu gen.);

this book dose not belong to me cartea aceasta nu-mi aparţine, nu e a mea;

(pop.) who belongs to this dog? al cui e câinele ăsta?

(amer. fam.) to belong with a se referi la, a avea legătură cu;

brandy belongs with cheese rachiul merge cu brânză.

2. (amer. fam.) a fi din, a trăi / a locui în;

I belong here a) sunt de aici, ţin de locurile acestea; b) aici e locul meu.

3. a se găsi, a fi, a se afla, a-şi avea locul;

the book belongs on that shelf locul cărţii e pe raftul acela.

There has never been a Winged Monkey in Kansas yet, and I suppose there never will be, for they don't belong there.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

“If it belonged to me alone,” said the man, “you should have it.”

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

"Eighth Street Bridge is the place," said a red-headed fellow belonging to Cheese-Face's Gang.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

That's where the dog belongs, and that's where he'll be happiest.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

Last of all was a little heap of keys of all sorts and sizes, probably those belonging to the other houses.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

I looked into the room still belonging to Agnes, and saw her sitting by the fire, at a pretty old-fashioned desk she had, writing.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

Whether it was the weapon which did the deed, or whether it belonged to the dead man, I do not know.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The star belongs to the Milky Way galaxy and is approximately 600 light years away from Earth.

(Astronomers discover smallest known star, Wikinews)

It belongs to the family of drugs called cell cycle inhibitors.

(MKC-1, NCI Dictionary)

It belongs to the family of drugs called psoralens and furocoumarins.

(Methoxsalen, NCI Dictionary)