belongings

«belongings» in Mova's school dictionary: The things that you own and can carry or move, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (plural)

meaning for a pupil

The things that you own and can carry or move, such as clothes, bags and toys. tree →

sense 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).

In the corpora

• An inheritance is money or belongings left by someone who has died, as written in their will.
• The first Christians shared their belongings, ate together, prayed and cared for the poor (Acts 2).
• The first Christians shared their belongings so that no one among them was in need (Acts 4:32-35).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «belongings» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.