Territory - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈterətɔːrɪ|  American pronunciation of the word territory
Brit.  |ˈterɪt(ə)rɪ|  British pronunciation of the word territory

noun

- a region marked off for administrative or other purposes (syn: district, dominion)
- an area of knowledge or interest
his questions covered a lot of territory
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state (syn: soil)

Extra examples

Those mountains are in Mexican territory.

Guam is a U.S. territory.

The birds are busy establishing territories and building nests.

Male cats spray to mark territory.

The goal of the expedition is to map unexplored territory.

Hong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.

The plane was flying over enemy territory.

A tiger has a large territory to defend.

A dog uses urine to mark its territory.

The company is moving into unfamiliar territory with this new software.

Actor Patrick Bergin returns to more familiar territory to play a menacing killer.

They fought a war over the disputed territory.

The tribes fought for control over the territory.

The soldiers are operating deep within enemy territory.

They controlled the passage of goods through their territory.

Word forms

noun
singular: territory
plural: territories
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