territory

territory
noun
1 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 animal
ADJECTIVE
▪ breeding, nesting
VERB + 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 [ˈtertri 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

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