/ˈterətəri/
Translation
An area of land that belongs to a country, a person, or an animal.
Word origin
From Latin territorium, the land around a town, from terra, meaning earth.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- terra
- English cognates
- terrain, terrace
Grammar
Examples
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Territory is land that belongs to one side.
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An animal treats its territory as its own space.
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The island belongs to Britain.
Used in
Grammar articles
(5)Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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