Betydelsen av territory på engelska

territory

noun [ C or U ]

/ˈter.ɪ.tər.i/ us

/ˈter.ə.tɔːr.i/

territory noun [C or U] (AREA)

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an area of land or sea that is controlled by a particular country:

They were parachuted deep into enemy territory.

The islands are recognized by Spain as being Portuguese territory.

occupied territory The UN is sending aid to the occupied territories.

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country (POLITICAL UNIT)
land noun (COUNTRY) literary
nation
nation state
sovereign state
state noun (COUNTRY)

a part of a country that has some control over its government, but less than a state or a province :

Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Kingdom of Denmark.

Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean Sea, has been a territory of the US since 1898.

The Union Territory of Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian peninsula.

Australia's Northern Territory (NT) could become the country's seventh state.

an area that an animal or person tries to control or thinks belongs to them:

The robin keeps other birds off that part of the garden - that's his territory.

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We can't afford to make any false moves once we're in enemy territory.
The planes fly low across enemy territory.
Missiles have been launched from their pads deep in enemy territory.
The government prohibits the passage of foreign troops and planes across its territory.
For years the two nations battled over territory.

SMART Vocabulary: relaterade ord och fraser

Geography: areas of land in general

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Towns & regions: parts of countries

territory noun [C or U] (SUBJECT)

a subject that you know about or have experience in:

on familiar territory The director is back on familiar territory with his latest film.

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Habitual and customary

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Idiom

go/come with the territory

(Definition av territory från Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

territory | amerikansk ordbok

territory

noun [ C/U ]

/ˈter·əˌtɔr·i, -ˌtoʊr·i/

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an area of land, sea, or space, esp. when it belongs to or is connected with a particular country, person, or animal:

[ U ] Maryland gave up territory to form Washington, DC.

[ C ] The UN is sending aid to the occupied territories.

Idiom

go with the territory

(Definition av territory från Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

territory | affärsengelska

territory

noun

/ˈterɪtəri/ us

plural territories

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[ C or U ]

an area of a town, country, etc. that someone has responsibility for in their job:

A salesman's failure to achieve apparently realistic targets might be due to a change in the size of his territory.

Europe has been very fertile territory for our products.

[ C or U ]

land that belongs to a particular country:

The island is a territory of Australia.

The four new oil contracts will amount to a half billion dollars worth of foreign investment in their territory.

[ C or U ]

an area of knowledge or activity:

This is a territory that lies somewhere between mainstream sport and video games.

Online selling was new territory for us.

[ U ] FINANCE

the general level of a price, amount, value, etc.:

Crude oil prices are approaching unchartered territory.

Persistent production problems helped drive oil prices further into record territory yesterday.

sth comes/goes with the territory

something always or often happens in a particular situation and you must accept it:

It is never easy to accept criticism, but it comes with the territory.

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negative territory

positive territory

(Definition av territory från Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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What could be achieved was rational control of the instincts, a measured re-conquest by the ego of the lost territories in the id.

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Young animals usually do not get territories containing females for some time.

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Claims have also been made by the inhabitants of protected territories in domestic courts.

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The village areas did not as yet form territories in the strictest sense though.

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Furthermore, for a successful integration of the new territories into the empire the establishment of local centers of power was of great importance.

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In the control and expropriation of indigenous peoples, the act of naming settlements and territories is well understood.

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Whether they then fostered a politically conservative power or a revolutionary one depended mainly on the political constellation in the territories concerned at the times.

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The mind is one of the last unknown territories of this world.

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Both sing (the hummingbird adds a courtship dance), defend territories and mates, raise young, and migrate seasonally for long distances.

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In general, males establish and defend territories during the breeding season before the arrival of females.

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The bounded space of the ethnic group may not be applicable in times when regional clan networks or inter-ethnic age-set territories predominated.

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Later they requested the territory's attainment of independence as a separate political entity.

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A separate edict concurrently issued to him showed that the colonisation of the aboriginal territories had been approved as government policy.

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Pairs may wait until suitable snow-free patches are exposed on their territories before initiating a clutch.

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In respect of our five studies of mentoring, once again we see them heading off into slightly different and rather ill-distinguished territories.

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acquisition of territory

The fact of success by a people in excessive acquisition of territory carries no higher guarantee of eternal approval.

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colonial territory

This was accomplished by innovative initiatives, such as voyages to explore the colonial territory.

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conquered territory

The analysis of the drawings also makes it possible to discuss the role of the road in the integration of the conquered territory.

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Betydelsen av territory på engelska

territory noun [C or U] (AREA)

territory noun [C or U] (SUBJECT)

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territory | amerikansk ordbok

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territory | affärsengelska

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