territory
- noun1 area of land that belongs to one country, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ vast▪ new▪
The explorers set off to conquer new territories.
▪ former▪former French territories
▪ neighbouring/neighboring, surrounding▪ home, national▪ alien, foreign, overseas▪ enemy, hostile▪ friendly▪ neutral▪ colonial, dependent (esp. BrE), trust (esp. BrE)▪a UN trust territory administered by New Zealand
▪ sovereign▪Troops were stationed on sovereign German territory.
▪ annexed, conquered, lost, occupied▪a town in British-occupied territory
▪ contested, disputed▪ familiar, home (both figurative)▪The writer is back on home territory with his latest novel.
▪ uncharted, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, virgin (all often figurative)▪ dangerous (often figurative)VERB + TERRITORY▪ hold▪ annex, capture, conquer, invade, occupy, recapture, take▪ control, govern, rule▪The territory had been controlled by Azerbaijan for many years.
▪ cede, surrender▪ lose▪ enter, stray into▪The soldiers strayed into hostile territory.
▪ leave▪ settle▪The territory was never densely settled.
▪ stake out (often figurative)▪The parties have been staking out their territory on education.
▪ chart, explore, map out (all often figurative)▪Tired of writing detective novels, she began to explore new territory.
▪ cover (often figurative)▪Many books have covered this territory before.
2 of an animalADJECTIVE▪ breeding, nestingVERB + TERRITORY▪ defend, patrol, protect▪ establish, mark, mark out▪The male establishes a territory and attracts a female.
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territory — ter‧ri‧to‧ry [ˈtertri ǁ tɔːri] noun territories PLURALFORM 1. [countable, uncountable] MARKETING an area which is the responsibility of a particular salesperson: • His sales force s territory comprises Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin … Financial and business terms
territory — ter·ri·to·ry / ter ə ˌtōr ē/ n pl ries 1: a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority 2: a political subdivision of a country 3: a part of the U.S. (as Guam or the U.S. Virgin Islands) not included… … Law dictionary
Territory — Ter ri*to*ry, n.; pl. {Territories}. [L. territorium, from terra the earth: cf. F. territoire. See {Terrace}.] 1. A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district. [1913 Webster] He looked, and saw wide territory spread Before him … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
territory — [ter′ə tôr΄ē] n. pl. territories [ME < L territorium < terra,TERRA] 1. the land and waters under the jurisdiction of a nation, state, ruler, etc. 2. a part of a country or empire that does not have the full status of a principal division;… … English World dictionary
Territory — (engl., d.i. Gebiet), die officielle Bezeichnung eines innerhalb der Grenzen der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika gelegenen, durch Congreßacte abgegrenzten Landesgebietes, welches nochnicht die zur Bildung eines eigenen Staates erforderliche… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
territory — ► NOUN (pl. territories) 1) an area under the jurisdiction of a ruler or state. 2) (Territory) an organized division of a country not having the full rights of a state. 3) an area defended by an animal against others of the same sex or species.… … English terms dictionary
territory — (n.) early 15c., land under the jurisdiction of a town, state, etc., probably from L. territorium land around a town, domain, district, from terra earth, land (see TERRAIN (Cf. terrain)) + orium, suffix denoting place (see ORY (Cf. ory)). An… … Etymology dictionary
territory — *domain, province, *field, sphere, bailiwick Analogous words: region, tract, *area, zone, belt: limits, confines, bounds (see singular nouns at LIMIT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
territory — [n] domain, region area, belt, block, boundary, colony, commonwealth, country, district, dominion, empire, enclave, exclave, expanse, extent, field, land, mandate, nation, neck of the woods*, neighborhood, province, quarter, section, sector,… … New thesaurus
territory — by Kylie Message In A Thousand Plateaus, Deleuze and Guattari privilege ideas of spatiality (evidenced by the privileged term of plateau ) and the geographies and cartographies of movement, presenting these as an informal antidote to history … The Deleuze dictionary
territory — by Kylie Message In A Thousand Plateaus, Deleuze and Guattari privilege ideas of spatiality (evidenced by the privileged term of plateau ) and the geographies and cartographies of movement, presenting these as an informal antidote to history … The Deleuze dictionary