(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something ~s to you, you own it.
The house had ~ed to her family for three or four generations.
VERB: no cont, V to n
2.
You say that something ~s to a particular person when you are guessing, discovering, or explaining that it was produced by or is part of that person.
The handwriting ~s to a male...
VERB: no cont, V to n
3.
If someone ~s to a particular group, they are a member of that group.
I used to ~ to a youth club.
VERB: no cont, V to n
4.
If something or someone ~s in or to a particular category, type, or group, they are of that category, type, or group.
The judges could not decide which category it ~ed in...
VERB: no cont, V in/to n
5.
If something ~s to a particular time, it comes from that time.
The pictures ~ to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
VERB: no cont, V to n
6.
If you say that something ~s to someone, you mean that person has the right to it.
...but the last word ~ed to Rosanne.
VERB: no cont, V to n
7.
If you say that a time ~s to a particular system or way of doing something, you mean that that time is or will be characterized by it.
The future ~s to democracy.
VERB: no cont, V to n
8.
If a baby or child ~s to a particular adult, that adult is his or her parent or the person who is looking after him or her.
He deduced that the two children ~ed to the couple.
VERB: no cont, V to n
9.
When lovers say that they ~ together, they are expressing their closeness or commitment to each other.
I really think that we ~ together...
He ~s with me.
V-RECIP: no cont, V together , V with n
10.
If a person or thing ~s in a particular place or situation, that is where they should be.
You don’t ~ here...
I’m so glad to see you back where you ~...
They need to feel they ~.
VERB: no cont, V adv/prep, V adv/prep, V
~ing
...a man utterly without a sense of ~ing.
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