territory
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈtɛrɪtɔri/
:
terreno
- Our era has opened up new territory for artists and their audiences.
- unfamiliar territory
- new territory
- explore the territory
I'm like, this is uncharted territory, but it is nice.
- I'm like, this is uncharted territory, but it is nice.
- No, no, this is this is territory for system engineering as well.
- And that that becomes very tricky territory to have principal discussions.
- This is subconscious, historic, you know, problematic territory that we're in.
- But now you're into some really radical territory.
- Health self-care actually takes in a lot of territory.
- If you have, it can feel like perilous territory.
- He made a comment that we're in uncharted territory.
- We're we're all trying to navigate this unknown territory.
- So you're still in a positive free cash flow territory for Ford.
Examples
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This is unknown territory we're moving into.
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That gets into a territory of like, is it her space to do that?
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No, no, this is this is territory for system engineering as well.
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I mean, this is this is different territory, right?
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A maturity that probably comes with the territory of being a psychiatrist.
Fiction book (1991) -
Now let's try moving to unfamiliar territory and extending what we know.
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Sal's victory puts him in unfamiliar territory.
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The new guidelines opened up exciting territory for scientific research in renewable energy.
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In her presentation, she covered a lot of territory related to modern educational techniques.
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His latest book explores uncharted territory in the field of artificial intelligence.
Synonyms
752
2.0
A subject people study, like biology or history
713
6.5
A place where a particular quality or activity is common
222
5.1
An area of knowledge or activity like music
150
4.2
An area of activity like politics or science
105
2.3
An area of knowledge or activity that people study, for example mathematics
99
3.9
An area controlled by a person or group
25
4.8
An area that a person or group is responsible for
Idioms
- Informal
17
4.3
To be a normal and unavoidable part of a job or situation
Compounds
- Archaic
1
8.1
A territory run by another country under an international agreement, often supervised by the United Nations
- Jargon
Part of a baseball field between the first and third base lines where a hit ball is in play
A large wild area in northwest Canada known for mountains, wildlife and the Klondike gold rush
How Broad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Territory is also used for an area of knowledge or activity and comes from the same Latin terra meaning 'land'. So when we call a subject someone's territory, we mean it is their area, like land they work in or watch over.