belongings
noun (plural)
Everyday
The things that you own and can carry or move, such as clothes, bags and toys. tree →
In the lessons
In school and safety: label your belongings, look after your belongings, leave your belongings during a fire drill. In stories: someone packs their belongings. Phrases: personal belongings, pack your belongings, gather your belongings.
Examples
- Please take all your belongings when you leave the bus. tree →
- Label your belongings with your name. tree →
- In a fire drill, leave your belongings and go outside. tree →
- She packed her belongings into a suitcase. tree →
- Keep your belongings safe on the trip. tree →
- The family lost all their belongings in the flood. tree →
- He put all his belongings into their charge, and fastened his horse in their out-house. tree →
Note
Always plural: "my belongings are", not "my belonging is". From the verb belong. Synonyms: things, stuff (informal), possessions (formal).
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «belongings» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «belongings» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
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