What's the difference between among and belong?

Among


Definition:

  • (prep.) Alt. of Amongst

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Among its signatories were Michael Moore, Oliver Stone, Noam Chomsky and Danny Glover.
  • (2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
  • (3) These results indicated that the PG determination was the most accurate predictor of fetal lung well-being prior to birth among the clinical tests so far reported.
  • (4) Among the pathological or abnormal ECGs (25.6%) prevailed the vegetative-functional heart diseases with 92%.
  • (5) PMS is more prevalent among women working outside the home, alcoholics, women of high parity, and women with toxemic tendency; it probably runs in families.
  • (6) Until his return to Brazil in 1985, Niemeyer worked in Israel, France and north Africa, designing among other buildings the University of Haifa on Mount Carmel; the campus of Constantine University in Algeria (now known as Mentouri University); the offices of the French Communist party and their newspaper l'Humanité in Paris; and the ministry of external relations and the cathedral in Brasilia.
  • (7) The frequency of rare fragile sites was studied among 240 children in special schools for subnormal intelligence (IQ 52-85).
  • (8) The prevalence of 24.4% among Mexican American men was similar to that among men from other ethnic backgrounds.
  • (9) Pretraining consumption did not predict (among animals) post-training consumption.
  • (10) Among a family of 8 children, 4 presented typical clinical and biological abnormalities related to mannosidosis.
  • (11) Among the migrants from the regions with contrasting climatic conditions.
  • (12) The fluctuations in [Ca2+]i measured with fura-2 were synchronized among the population of cells observed and were sensitive to extracellular Ca2+ concentration ([Ca2+]o).
  • (13) Children of smoking mothers had an 18.0 per cent cumulative incidence of post-infancy wheezing through 10 years of age, compared with 16.2 per cent among children of nonsmoking mothers (risk ratio 1.11, 95% CI: 1.02, 1.21).
  • (14) Among the groups investigated, the subjects with gastric tumors presented the greatest values.
  • (15) Complementarity determining regions (CDR) are conserved to different extents, with the first CDR region in all family members being among the most conserved segments of the molecule.
  • (16) The correlates of three characteristics of familial networks (i.e., residential proximity, family affection, and family contact) were examined among a national sample of older Black Americans.
  • (17) The epidemiology of HIV infection among women and hence among children has progressively changed since the onset of the epidemic in Western countries.
  • (18) This postulate is supported by a limited study of the serovars present among the isolates.
  • (19) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
  • (20) The disassembly of the synthetase complex is consistent with the structural model of a heterotypic multienzyme complex and suggests that the complex formation is due to the specific intermolecular interactions among the synthetases.

Belong


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To be the property of; as, Jamaica belongs to Great Britain.
  • (v. i.) To be a part of, or connected with; to be appendant or related; to owe allegiance or service.
  • (v. i.) To be the concern or proper business or function of; to appertain to.
  • (v. i.) To be suitable for; to be due to.
  • (v. i.) To be native to, or an inhabitant of; esp. to have a legal residence, settlement, or inhabitancy, whether by birth or operation of law, so as to be entitled to maintenance by the parish or town.
  • (v. t.) To be deserved by.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This result demonstrates that branching enzyme belongs to a family of the amylolytic enzymes.
  • (2) Atmaca, who belongs to the Gregorian-Armenian church in Istanbul, said that he nevertheless holds the current pontiff in high regard.
  • (3) Lactate-induced anxiety and symptom attacks without panic were seen more often in the groups with panic attacks, but a full-blown panic attack was provoked in only four subjects, all belonging to the groups with a history of panic attacks.
  • (4) It should be noted that about a half of the plasmids (11 out of 21) belonged to the incompatibility group P-7 which up to the present time was conditional, since was represented by a single plasmid Rms 148.
  • (5) On the basis of obtained data on the uniformity of chemical compounds of the secretion of glands belonging to different groups their common origin has been suggested.
  • (6) Both of these species belong to the serotype B. MCAs T11 and T15, the first recorded with a specificity for only sub-serotype A2 EF, were tested further against 28 sub-serotype A2 and three sub-serotype A2B2EFs from L. tropica strains.
  • (7) All F. tularensis strains were found to have enzymatic activity irrespective of their subspecies, but neuraminidase activity was higher in the strains belonging to the American subspecies.
  • (8) Serum levels of vitamins A and E, zinc and iron were determined in healthy control subjects and lepromatous leprosy patients belonging to an eastern state of India.
  • (9) The four patients with severely impaired CO2 reactivity all belonged to this group.
  • (10) Frequency and localization of spontaneous and induced by high temperature (37 degrees C) recessive lethal mutations in X-chromosome of females belonging to the 1(1) ts 403 strain defective in synthesis of heat-shock proteins (HSP) were studied.
  • (11) The results obtained were compared with the data of electron microscopic study of the inferior geniculate body, as they are subcortical formations belonging to the same auditory system but differentiating in their functions.
  • (12) An ice axe, assumed to belong to Irvine, had been discovered in 1933 by the fourth British expedition to the mountain.
  • (13) Fumonisins are mycotoxins produced by strains belonging to several different mating populations of Gibberella fujikuroi (anamorphs, Fusarium section Liseola), a major pathogen of maize and sorghum worldwide.
  • (14) The Lea mRNAs belong to only two related groups of commonly regulated mRNAs.
  • (15) Microscopic examination after removal revealed a tumour belonging to the APUD cell system.
  • (16) From the fact that most hyperlipidemic men belong to Type IV, hyperlipidemia may constitute a strong "risk" factor in the development of coronary disease in men.
  • (17) Andrew and his wife Amy belong to Generation Rent, an army of millions, all locked out of home ownership in Britain.
  • (18) The molecular constituents of the MHC Class II antigen expression characterizing cells belonging to other subsets remained unchanged.
  • (19) Examination of the NOESY data at 50- and 100-ms mixing times indicated that the kinds of observed NOEs can originate if each of the ten nucleotidyl residues belongs to the B-DNA family, i.e., C2'-endo,anti.
  • (20) It has me as a listener and I am keen as well on sciences, arts, geography, history and politics, and I belong to two campaigns in Brighton and Chichester against privatisation of the NHS, and with some successes.