territory

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UK /ˈtɛɹɪt(ə)ɹi/ US /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/

noun 5

Collocations

(noun.) area of land that belongs to one country, etc.

ADJ

vast

new

The sales team expanded into new territory after opening their first store downtown.

former

Several former territories of the British Empire are now independent nations.

sovereign

The island nation has the right to protect its sovereign territory from unauthorized fishing vessels.

conquered, lost, occupied

The army finally reclaimed the conquered territory after three years of fighting.

unoccupied | disputed | familiar | uncharted, unexplored, unknown, virgin | dangerous

VERB + TERRITORY

hold | annex, capture, conquer, invade, occupy, recapture, take

control, govern, rule

The military forces now govern the disputed territory in the region.

cede, surrender

explore

After graduating, he decided to explore new territory by starting his own business instead of following his father's career path.

settle

Early European explorers gradually settled new territories across North America during the 1600s.

enter | leave

overfly

The military aircraft was intercepted after overflying disputed territory near the border.

stray into

The lost dog accidentally strayed into the neighbor's territory and caused quite a commotion.

(noun.) of an animal

ADJ

breeding

VERB + TERRITORY

defend, patrol | mark (out), scent-mark

Definitions

noun

A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.

One of three of Canada's federal entities, located in the country's Arctic, with fewer powers than a province and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.

One of three of Australia's federal entities, located in the country's north and southeast, with fewer powers than a state and created by an act of Parliament rather than by the Constitution: Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory

A geographic area under control of a single governing entity such as state or municipality; an area whose borders are determined by the scope of political power rather than solely by natural features such as rivers and ridges.

Lewis of France had his infancy attended by crafty and worldly men, who made extent of territory the most glorious instance of power, and mistook the acquisition of fame, for the spreading of honour.

Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.

An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.

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Synonyms

noun — the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign

soil

noun — a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

the map is not the territory

Our models of the world, and our sensations of the world, are not the true world.

come with the territory

To be a common, and often inconvenient, accompaniment of an occupation, situation, or occurrence.

Johnny Carson's three-year tenure as top man of "Tonight" leaves him less edgy than any of that grind's predecessors and he has a fine relaxed philosophy about the side irritants o

new territory

Synonym of uncharted territory.

Wren, who had hoped to make his name with his discovery, immediately put De Corpore aside, hoping that in silence his failure would disappear. He was forced to think again about hi

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Lewis of France had his infancy attended by crafty and worldly men, who made extent of territory the most glorious instance of power, and mistook the acquisition of fame, for the spreading of honour.

Wiktionary

Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at set-pieces.

Wiktionary

You're stepping into dangerous territory.

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In the Greek football game, the players on one team tried to carry a ball across a line in the other team's territory.

Tatoeba · #63108

Angola was once a Portuguese territory.

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