English Explanatory Dictionary

territory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
  2. 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.
  3. 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 and Jervis Bay Territory.
  4. 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.
  5. An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
  6. The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
  7. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
  8. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
  9. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
  10. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.

Pronunciation

/ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/ en-us-territory.ogg /ˈtɛɹɪt(ə)ɹi/ LL-Q7979-Soundguys-territory.wav

Word forms

territory territories

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English territorie, from Latin territōrium.

Derived words

absolute territory British Antarctic Territory British overseas territory come with the territory dark territory federal territory foul territory go with the territory Louisiana Territory New Territories new territory Northern Territories Northern Territory overseas territory scheduled territory territorial Territorial Army territoriality territorially territorial waters territory of Aysén territory of Llanquihue territory of Magallanes the map is not the territory trust territory uncharted territory union territory unorganized territory virgin territory Yukon Territory

Translations

Arabic: إِقْلِيم Asturian: territoriu Belarusian: тэрыто́рыя Bulgarian: терито́рия Catalan: territori Chinese Cantonese: 特區 /特区 Chinese Mandarin: 特區 /特区 Estonian: territoorium Finnish: alue Finnish: territorio French: territoire Galician: territorio German: Territorium Greek: έδαφος Italian: territorio Japanese: 準州 Korean: 준주 Occitan: territòri Polish: terytorium Portuguese: território Romanian: teritoriu Russian: террито́рия Spanish: territorio Tagalog: lupain Ukrainian: терито́рія Urdu: عَمَل داری
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