Meaning of territory | Babel Free

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1. A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
   countable, uncountable
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.
   Canada, countable, uncountable
3. A geographic area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group. Animals usually defend their territory vigorously against intruders. Different animals mark off territory in different ways, as by leaving traces of their scent along the boundaries or, in the case of birds, modifying their calls to keep out intruders.
4. 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.
   Australia, countable, uncountable
5. A part of the US with its own legislature but a governor appointed by the president and not admitted as a full state.
6. 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.
   countable, uncountable
7. of or belonging to (especially national) territory. territorial rights/claims. territoriaal إقْليمي، مُتَعَلِّق بالأرْض териториален territorial územní territorial territorial εδαφικόςterritorial territoriaalne اقلیمی؛ ارضی alueellinen territorialאזורי देशीय teritorijalan területi teritorial yfirráðasvæðis- territoriale 領土の 영토의, 토지의, 지역적인 teritorinis teritorijas-; teritoriāls wilayah territoriaallande-, territorialterytorialny سيمه ييز، په يوه سيمه پورې تړلى ځاى، مځكنى، داخلي، دسيمه ييزې: عسك...
   especially
8. An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
   countable, uncountable
9. the sea close to a country, considered to belong to it. territoriaal مِياه إقْليميَّه териториални води águas territoriais výsostné vody die Hoheitsgewässer(pl.) territorialfarvand χωρικά ύδατα aguas territoriales territoriaalveed آبهای ساحلی aluevesi eaux territoriales מים טֶרִיטוֹריָאלִים राज्यक्षेत्रीय समुद्र teritorijalne vode felségvizek teritorial landhelgi acque territoriali 領海 영해 teritoriniai vandenys teritoriālie ūdeņi perairan wilayah territoriale wateren territorialfarvann wody ter...
10. The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
    countable, uncountable
11. An area of land; a region.
12. A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
    countable, uncountable
13. often Territorya. A subdivision of the United States that is not a state and is administered by an appointed or elected governor and elected legislature.
14. A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
    countable, uncountable
15. An area for which a person is responsible as a representative or agent: a salesperson's territory.
16. A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
    countable, uncountable
17. Sports The area of a field defended by a specified team: punted the ball deep into the opponent's territory.
    Sports
18. An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
    countable, uncountable
19. Biology An area occupied by a single animal, mating pair, or group and often vigorously defended against intruders, especially those of the same species.
    Biology
20. A sphere of action or interest; a province. See Synonyms at field.

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Examples

“Lewis of France had his infancy attended by crafty and worldly men, who made extent of territory the most glorious instance of power, and mistook the acquisition of fame, for the spreading of honour.”

“Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month.”

“Scotland had the territory and the momentum, forcing England into almost twice as many tackles and rattling them repeatedly at set-pieces.”

“A well-designed sales territory allows a salesperson to make best use of his time with present and potential customers and minimize travel time.”

“The establishment of a personal territory almost invariably precedes the sharing of a territory with a mate. For those who are unable to make a break from the parental home, this stage is almost never reached.”

“In general, when a group member wanted an item that was located in someone else's personal territory, they would ask that person to pass them the item.”

“Now that the days of handbag-carrying women have largely drawn to a close, houseworkers rarely have a clearly marked-out personal territory — although for some the dressing-table may be a non-transportable handbag equivalent.”

“The medical registration act eventually did form the foundation for medicine to be able to claim an ever increasing occupational territory and the domination of all other health disciplines.”

“As a result, as the years have passed, my involvement with storytelling has expanded to the territory of compassionate action.”

“12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.”

“I'd like to be friends, but on a new level. Can't you try to understand that? And here's a harder question" Can we achieve it? This is uncharted territory for both of us.”

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