[
US
/ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/
]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪtəɹˌi/ ]
[ UK /tˈɛɹɪtəɹˌi/ ]
NOUN
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an area of knowledge or interest
his questions covered a lot of territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
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the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
American troops were stationed on Japanese soil
How To Use territory In A Sentence
- The right back found himself in unfamiliar territory in the opposing penalty area after a swift exchange of passes that opened up Reading's defence. Times, Sunday Times
- And having left the Broncos a couple of seasons back, next year he is returning to the Broncos, and his departure will be unlamented in Roosters territory.
- Stocks spent most of the day in positive territory, buoyed in part by the University of Michigan's report showing consumer confidence rose in March to 95.8 from 94.4 in February.
- Unlike several other states, Pennsylvania has no provisions for unincorporated territory.
- General Alfred Terry traveled due west from Fort Abraham Lincoln in Dakota Territory with a force that included Custer and his Seventh Cavalry troopers.
- Since Kashmir was (and is) a Muslim majority territory, Pakistan felt justified in seeing Pushtun warlords charge in from the north-west of Pakistan, late in 1947, to seize control of Kashmir.
- You see, they were disputing territory with the guerillas.
- This is new territory for us all. The Sun
- This may have the advantage of dragging the opponent onto unfamiliar territory. Times, Sunday Times
- When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization.
