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

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. district, territory, territorial dominion, dominion(noun)

   a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

2. territory(noun)

   an area of knowledge or interest

   "his questions covered a lot of territory"

3. territory, soil(noun)

   the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

   "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. territory(Noun)

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

   Etymology: territorium, from terra the earth

2. territory(Noun)

   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.

   Etymology: territorium, from terra the earth

3. territory(Noun)

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

   Etymology: territorium, from terra the earth

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Territory(noun)

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

2. Territory(noun)

   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. Territory(noun)

   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 Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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 Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Paul Lewis:

   I'd love to see a broadcast from Antarctica. I think that's the only country or territory we have not covered.

2. Benjamin Netanyahu:

   The heart of the matter is retaining our freedom of action against anyone who acts against us, and the removal of the Iranians from Syrian territory.

3. Vladimir Putin:

   Everyone who is illegitimately on the territory of any state, in this case Syria, must leave this territory. This applies to all states.

4. Yuri Trutnev:

   There is no other place on the planet with such a huge and sparsely populated territory ... China has significant water supply problems while we possess 37 percent of water resources of the Asia-Pacific region.

5. Paul Ryan:

   Right now, the stability of the U.S. territory is in danger, as the Puerto Rican government continues to default on major loan payments. We have insisted that our response meet basic principles, and first among them is protecting taxpayers from a bailout.

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