Definitions for territory
ˈtɛr ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr iter·ri·to·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. district, territory, territorial dominion, dominionnoun

   a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

2. territorynoun

   an area of knowledge or interest

   "his questions covered a lot of territory"

3. territory, soilnoun

   the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

   "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. territorynoun

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

2. territorynoun

   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.

3. territorynoun

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

4. Etymology: territorium, from terra the earth

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Territorynoun

   Land; country; dominion; district.

   Etymology: territorium, law Latin; territoire, Fr.

   Linger not in my territories longer than swiftest expedition will give thee time to leave our royal court. William Shakespeare.

   They erected a house within their own territory, half way between their fort and the town. John Hayward.

   He saw wide territory spread
   Before him, towns, and rural works between. John Milton.

   Ne’er did the Turk invade our territory,
   But fame and terror doubl’d still their files. John Denham.

   Arts and sciences took their rise, and flourished only in those small territories where the people were free. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Territory

   A territory is an administrative division, usually an area that is under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state. In most countries, a territory is an organized division of an area that is controlled by a country but is not formally developed into, or incorporated into, a political unit of the country that is of equal status to other political units that may often be referred to by words such as "provinces" or "regions" or "states". In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or any non-sovereign geographic area which has come under the authority of another government; which has not been granted the powers of self-government normally devolved to secondary territorial divisions; or both.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. territory

   A territory is a specific geographic area, often under the jurisdiction of a particular government, country or state, marked by boundaries or borders. It can also refer to an area of land, sea or sky inhabited or controlled by a particular group, country, or person. In animal behavior, territory refers to the area that an animal or group of animals defends against others of the same species.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Territorynoun

   a large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district

2. Territorynoun

   the extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company

3. Territorynoun

   in the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Territory

   ter′i-tō-ri, n. the extent of land around or belonging to a city or state: domain: (U.S.) a portion of the country not yet admitted as a State into the Union, and still under a provisional government.—adj. Territō′rial, pertaining to territory: limited to a district.—v.t. Territō′rialise, to enlarge by addition of territory: to reduce to the state of a territory.—ns. Territō′rialism, a theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people; Territorial′ity, the possession of territory.—adv. Territō′rially.—adj. Terr′itoried, possessed of territory. [L. territorium—terra, the earth.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. territory

   The protection of neutral territory operates to the restitution of enemy's property captured within its limits. Since the introduction of fire-arms that distance has usually been recognized to be almost three English miles.

Matched Categories

1. • Area

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'territory' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3131

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'territory' in Nouns Frequency: #1010

How to pronounce territory?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of territory in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of territory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of territory in a Sentence

1. Hikaru Sato:

   The best-case scenario for the market is that the BOJ decides to increase government debt purchases without cutting interest rates further into negative territory, but the BOJ can't save its face if it does not cut rates into negative territory after it introduced the negative interest rate policy (in January), so we need to brace for such possibility, too.

2. Juan Carlos Cayo:

   Developing a greener world can't come at the cost of an entire territory... and culture.

3. Bryan Stirling:

   This was all about territory. This was about contraband, this was about cellphones, these folks are fighting over real money and real territory while they are incarcerated.

4. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

   Social media is new territory, and while it’s been established that hate speech is protected by the First Amendment, we’re talking about people specifically saying on Facebook they want to kill white police officers.

5. Nicholas Snowdon:

   Nickel has a strong fundamental story and I think the view of investors was that after a near $2,000 pull-back, it was approaching territory that, irrespective of that macro noise, was an attractive entry point, this was in particular for the Chinese investor base, where many are hard-core nickel bulls.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=territory
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Territory
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=territory
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/territory
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=territory
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=territory