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noun
A large extent or tract of land; for example a region, country or district.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An area that an animal of a particular species consistently defends against its conspecifics.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: biology, ecology, natural-sciences
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noun
The part of the playing field or board over which a player or team has control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
A geographic area that a person or organization is responsible for in the course of work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A location or logical space which someone owns or controls.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A market segment or scope of professional practice over which an organization or type of practitioner has exclusive rights.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
An area of subject matter, knowledge, or experience.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
an area of knowledge or interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: area
noun
the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: soil
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Broader terms: geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region
noun
a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: district, territorial dominion, dominion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: region
Narrower terms: administrative district, administrative division, territorial division, borderland, border district, march, marchland, city district, congressional district, development, enclave, palatinate, residential district, residential area, community, goldfield, jurisdiction, mandate, mandatory, protectorate, associated state, possession, trust territory, trusteeship, British East Africa, British West Africa, Pfalz, Athos, Mount Athos, Attica, Boeotia, Papal States, Acadia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon, Yukon Territory, Northern Territory, Northern Marianas, Northern Mariana Islands, Acre, Lake District, Lakeland, Galloway, Lothian Region, East Malaysia, Sabah, North Borneo, Sarawak, West Malaysia, Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, American Samoa, Eastern Samoa, AS, Aragon, Castile, Castilla, Catalonia, Darfur, Kordofan, Louisiana Purchase
History
Inherited from Middle English territorie, from Latin territōrium.
Across languages
194 source translations are retained for this English entry.
