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
A part of the United States that has its own legislature but does not have the status of a state and is under the administration of an appointed governor Guam is a Territory of the U S
You can use territory to refer to an area of knowledge or experience. Following the futuristic The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood's seventh novel, Cat's Eye, returns to more familiar territory virgin territory: see virgin = terrain
An area defended by one or more individuals against intrusion by others of the same or different species (see also: home range)
In Canada, a similarly organized portion of the country not yet formed into a Province
An exclusive area maintained through overt defense or advertisement; the part of the home range of an animal that is protected, by fighting or aggressive gestures, from others of its own kind, during some phase of its life
the concept of ownership or dominance over a unit of habitat; an area defended by an animal against others of the same species; used for breeding, feeding, or both Many species of wildlife are territorial Best known are certain birds and wolves
(noun) The area in which a promotion promotes In the pre-Vince McMahon era, the hundreds of independent promotions across the country each had a certain area of the country in which they ran shows, called their territory When McMahon took the WWF national, he made thesomewhat novel move of invading competitor's territories with his shows and his TV Soon the whole country and the world became the WWF's territory
Territory is land with a particular character. mountainous territory. a vast and uninhabited territory
A part of the landscape an animal regards as its home space An animal marks out and defends its territory by, for example, calls or by fighting with intruders
If you say that something comes with the territory, you mean that you accept it as a natural result of the situation you are in. You can't expect not to have a debate; that's what comes with the territory in a democracy. Free Territory of Trieste Yukon Territory Territory of American Samoa Australian Capital Territory Indian Territory Northern Territory Pacific Islands Trust Territory of the French Territory of the Afars and Issas