territory
[noun]
Synonyms: district, area, country, domain, land, patch, province, region, zone

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English Thesaurus: land, farmland, territory, the grounds, estate, ...

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ter‧ri‧to‧ry W2 /ˈterətəri, ˈterɪtəri $ -tɔːri/ noun (plural territories)
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: territorium 'land around a town', from terra; ⇒ terrace]

1. GOVERNMENT/MILITARY [uncountable and countable] land that is owned or controlled by a particular country, ruler, or military force:
Hong Kong became Chinese territory in 1997.
occupied/enemy/disputed/hostile territory
The plane was flying over enemy territory.

2. TYPE OF LAND [uncountable] land of a particular type
uncharted/unexplored territory
an expedition through previously unexplored territory

3. ANIMAL [uncountable and countable] the area that an animal, bird etc regards as its own and will defend against other animals:
A tiger has a large territory to defend.
A dog uses urine to mark its territory.

4. NEW OR FAMILIAR EXPERIENCE [uncountable] a particular area of experience or knowledge
new/unfamiliar/uncharted 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.

5. BUSINESS [uncountable and countable] an area in a town, country etc that someone is responsible for as part of their job, especially someone whose job is to sell products:
a sales territory

6. come/go with the territory to be a natural and accepted part of a particular job, situation, place etc:
I’m a cop – getting shot at goes with the territory.

7. LAND THAT IS NOT A STATE [countable] land that belongs to the United States, Canada etc but that is not a state:
the US territory of Guam

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territory
noun
I. area of land that belongs to one country, etc.
ADJ. vast | new The explorers set off to conquer new territories.
former former French territories
neighbouring, surrounding | home, national | alien, foreign, overseas | enemy, hostile | neutral | colonial, dependent | sovereign Troops were stationed on sovereign German territory.
conquered, lost, occupied a town in British-occupied territory
unoccupied | disputed | familiar | uncharted, unexplored, unknown, virgin | dangerous
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 | explore (often figurative) Tired of writing detective novels, she began to explore new territory.
settle The territory was never densely settled.
enter | leave | overfly The plane was shot down while overflying enemy territory.
stray into The soldiers strayed into hostile territory.

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territory
II. of an animal
ADJ. breeding
VERB + TERRITORY defend, patrol | mark (out), scent-mark

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territory

enemy/hostile territory
Patterson had never flown so deep into enemy territory before.
occupied territory (=land that is controlled by a foreign country or its army)
America has always wanted Israel to give up some of the occupied territory.
disputed territory (=land that two countries are fighting or arguing to get control of)
The latest round of talks over the disputed territory begins next week.
neutral territory (=a place or country that is not controlled by either of the groups or countries involved in a war)
After crossing the frontier post, he would be safe in neutral territory.
Chinese/German etc territory
The Russians handed over to Poland a large slice of German territory.

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land an area that is owned by someone or that can be used for farming or building houses:
This is private land.
They moved to the country and bought some land.
farmland land that is used for farming:
The area is one of gently rolling hills and farmland.
territory land that belongs to a country or that is controlled by a country during a war:
His plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Chinese territory.
The army was advancing into enemy territory.
the grounds the gardens and land around a big building such as a castle, school, or hospital:
The grounds of the castle are open to visitors every weekend.
the school grounds
estate a large area of land in the country, usually with one large house on it and one owner:
The film is set on an English country estate.
arrive to get to the place you are going to:
I arrived at the party at around 7 o'clock.
They were due to arrive home from Spain yesterday.
get to arrive somewhere. Get is much more common in everyday English than arrive:
What time do you usually get to work?
I’ll call you when I get home.
reach to arrive somewhere, especially after a long journey:
When we finally reached the port, we were all very tired.
come if someone comes, they arrive at the place where you are:
She came home yesterday.
What time did the plumber say he’d come?
turn up (also show up) informal to arrive somewhere, especially when someone is waiting for you:
I’d arranged to meet Tom, but he never turned up.
roll in informal to arrive somewhere later than you should and not seem worried about it:
Rebecca usually rolls in around noon.
get in to arrive somewhere – used especially about people arriving home, or a plane, train etc arriving at an airport, station etc:
I usually get in at around 6 o'clock.
What time did your plane get in?
come in if a plane, train, or ship comes in, it arrives in the place where you are:
We liked to watch the cruise ships come in.

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