"belong" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

belong verbo

verbo + belong
Kolokacji: 5
seem to belong • use to belong • considered to belong • want to belong • belong belonging
belong + preposición
Kolokacji: 29
belong to • belong in • belong on • belong with • belong at • ...
belong + adjetivo/adverbio
Kolokacji: 51
once belong • originally belong • formerly belong • belong together • actually belong • ...
(1) once, formerly
Kolokacji: 2
1. once belong = kiedyś należ once belong
  • She'd belonged to him once and he couldn't tolerate the idea that she no longer wanted to.
  • His trousers were black and looked as if they'd once belonged to a fat man's suit.
  • "Do you have anything that once belonged to a cow?"
  • These names are taken from the villages to which they once belonged.
  • The house once belonged to my grandparents but they are no longer alive.
  • Look, if ever I've lived before, that old sword once belonged to me!
  • Should women go back to the state they once belonged to.
  • She met us in a tractor that had once belonged to her husband.
  • It belonged once to a woman of very bad reputation.
  • But you've got to go farther than that to get back to where you once belonged.
2. formerly belong = niegdyś należ formerly belong
(4) properly, rightly
Kolokacji: 2
(5) clearly, definitely
Kolokacji: 2
(8) officially, formally
Kolokacji: 2

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