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Belong

To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.

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Manner of action 3

Appertain 76% connected

To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inhere 76% connected

To be inherent; to stick (in); to be fixed or permanently incorporated with something; to cleave (to); to belong, as attributes or qualities.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pertain 76% connected

To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 7

Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pertain 76% connected

To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocea…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Refer 76% connected

To carry or send back.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Touch 76% connected

To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Property 74% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Property 74% connected

That which is proper to anything; a peculiar quality of a thing; that which is inherent in a subject, or naturally essential to it; an attribute; as,…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Go 92% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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