territory - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'territory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Territory

[ n.]

- A large extent or tract of land; a region; a country; a district.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'territory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . territory

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

Example in sentence:

American troops were stationed on Japanese soil

Meaning (2):
- an area of knowledge or interest

Example in sentence:

his questions covered a lot of territory

Nearby Words:

ter- ter-tenant teraconic teracrylic teraph teraphim teraphs terapin teratical teratogeny

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Occupied territory
Occupied territory— territory under the authority and effective control of a belligerent armed force and not being administered pursuant to peace terms ...

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