Territory
['terɪt(ə)rɪ] or ['tɛrətɔri]
Definition
(noun.) an area of knowledge or interest; 'his questions covered a lot of territory'.
(noun.) the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; 'American troops were stationed on Japanese soil'.
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Definition
(n.) A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
(n.) The extent of land belonging to, or under the dominion of, a prince, state, or other form of government; often, a tract of land lying at a distance from the parent country or from the seat of government; as, the territory of a State; the territories of the East India Company.
(n.) In the United States, a portion of the country not included within the limits of any State, and not yet admitted as a State into the Union, but organized with a separate legislature, under a Territorial governor and other officers appointed by the President and Senate of the United States. In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Country, domain, district, quarter, province, land.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Province, region, domain, country
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Definition
n. the extent of land around or belonging to a city or state: domain: (U.S.) a portion of the country not yet admitted as a State into the Union and still under a provisional government.—adj. Territō′rial pertaining to territory: limited to a district.—v.t. Territō′rialise to enlarge by addition of territory: to reduce to the state of a territory.—ns. Territō′rialism a theory of church government according to which the ruler of a country has the natural right to rule also over the ecclesiastical affairs of his people; Territorial′ity the possession of territory.—adv. Territō′rially.—adj. Terr′itoried possessed of territory.
Typist: Penelope
Examples
- Suffice it to say that when Edison went boldly out into new territory, after something entirely unknown, he was quite prepared for hard work and exploration. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Does not this pierce your grandfather's territory? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There she would behold the tomb of her parents, and the territory filled with recollections of her father's glory. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Probably each of these original tribes was not more numerous altogether than the Indians in Hudson Bay Territory to-day. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were quite a number of remnants of tribes in the vicinity of Portland in Oregon, and of Fort Vancouver in Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The army it had to fight was the protection to the capital of a people which was attempting to found a nation upon the territory of the United States. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- And by the great armies suddenly raised in that small territory they inhabited, it appears to have been very full of people. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Again, as to the devastation of Hellenic territory or the burning of houses, what is to be the practice? Plato. The Republic.
- The balance of the Southern territory, an empire in extent, was still in the hands of the enemy. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- With motor trucks, merchants have extended their deliveries to reach territory they could not touch under the horse-delivery system. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- During the winter of 1852-3 the territory was divided, all north of the Columbia River being taken from Oregon to make Washington Territory. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Carthaginians sent the hostages Rome demanded, they surrendered their arms, they prepared to surrender territory. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Hevea trees are scattered through the dense forests of practically every part of the Amazon Basin, a territory more than two-thirds as large as the United States. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Hence the neutral territory between two representative species is generally narrow in comparison with the territory proper to each. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Consequently, the training is much more general; that is to say, it covers a wider territory and includes more factors. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- We shall send a guard with you, to see you safe out of our territories. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Its fur is short, soft and silky; the best skins being brought from Russia, Sweden and Norway and Hudson Bay territories. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Thereafter nothing held the Mongols in the Kharismian territories. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The still smaller territories of the duke of Parma are divided into three or four, each of which has, in the same manner, a system of its own. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- All they ask is the loot they take and transportation to their own territories when the fighting and the looting are over. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
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