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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x1)
- Label your belongings with your name. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x2)
- In a fire drill, leave your belongings and go outside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x3)
- She packed her belongings into a suitcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x4)
- Keep your belongings safe on the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x5)
- The family lost all their belongings in the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x6)
- He put all his belongings into their charge, and fastened his horse in their out-house. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/13/)
- [The first Christians shared their belongings, ate together, prayed and cared for the poor (Acts 2).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/19-easter-and-pentecost/18/)
- [The first Christians shared their belongings so that no one among them was in need (Acts 4:32-35).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/43-sharing-and-fairness/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «belongings» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/belongings/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.