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belong

 
 
/bɪˈlɒŋ/ verb

Definition

belong in/on/there, etc to be in the right place: That chair belongs in the dining room.
[I] to feel happy and comfortable in a place or with a group of people: I never felt that I belonged there.
(Definition of belong verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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