belonging UK /bɪˈlɒŋɪŋ/US /bɪˈlɔŋɪŋ/ noun3 •[in the plural] Something physical that is owned.Make sure you take all your belongings when you leave. •The feeling that one belongs.I have a feeling of belonging in London.A need for belonging seems fundamental to humans. •[plural only] (informal, old-fashioned) Family; relations; household.When Lady Kew said Sic volo, sic jubeo [Thus I will, thus I command], I promise you few persons of her ladyship’s belongings stopped, before they did her biddings, to ask her reasons. — 1854 formsbelongings