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{
"term": "territory",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "land that is under the control of a particular country or political leader",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "**enemy/disputed/foreign territory**"
},
{
"text": "occupied territories"
},
{
"text": "They have refused to allow UN troops to be stationed in their territory."
},
{
"text": "The plane was shot down while overflying enemy territory."
},
{
"text": "The soldiers strayed into hostile territory."
},
{
"text": "The territory had been controlled by Azerbaijan for many years."
},
{
"text": "a town in British-occupied territory"
},
{
"text": "former French territories"
},
{
"text": "Their incursion into foreign territory is a clear act of aggression."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["vast", "new", "former"],
"verb + territory": ["hold", "annex", "capture"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "an area that one person, group, animal, etc. considers as their own and defends against others who try to enter it",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Blackbirds will defend their territory against intruders."
},
{
"text": "She seems to regard that end of the office as her territory."
},
{
"text": "Each of these gangs has its own territory."
},
{
"text": "The male establishes a territory and attracts a female."
},
{
"text": "The explorers set off to conquer new territories."
},
{
"text": "The territory was never densely settled."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["breeding", "nesting"],
"verb + territory": ["defend", "patrol", "protect"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an area of activity, especially one that is familiar/unfamiliar or somebody's particular responsibility",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "This type of work is **uncharted territory** for us."
},
{
"text": "Legal problems are Andy's territory *(= he deals with them)*."
},
{
"text": "The writer is back on home territory with his latest novel."
},
{
"text": "Tired of writing detective novels, she began to explore new territory."
},
{
"text": "The parties have been staking out their territory on education."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "an area of a town, country, etc. that somebody has responsibility for in their work or another activity",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our representatives cover a very large territory."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "a particular type of land",
"examples": [
{
"text": "unexplored territory"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a country or an area that is part of the US, Australia, Canada or India but is not a state or province",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Guam and American Samoa are US territories."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be a normal and accepted part of a particular job, situation, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She has to work late most days, but in her kind of job that goes with the territory."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in a place that has no connection with either of the people or sides who are meeting and so does not give an advantage to either of them",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We decided to meet on neutral territory."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈterətri/",
"audio": "te/territory/territory__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈterətɔːri/",
"audio": "te/territory/territory__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin territorium, from terra ‘land’. The word originally denoted the district surrounding and under the jurisdiction of a town or city, specifically a Roman or provincial city."
}