What part of speech is territory?

Territory can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does territory mean?

Definitions

Noun

territory - the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"
territory - an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"
territory - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes

Examples of territory

#   Sentence  
1. noun His questions covered a lot of territory.
2. noun Response: Iraq is actually hostile territory for al-Qaeda, and without Iraqi sympathizers it cannot succeed there.
3. noun Although Israel withdrew from Lebanese territory in May 2000, the radical Lebanese Shiite party, Hizbullah, has not been mollified.
4. noun It is estimated to have some 5,000 armed fighters, and they have pursued attacks against Israeli forces to compel them to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms, a sliver of Syrian territory that Israel annexed after the 1967 war.
5. noun India keeps what it has while Pakistan and China (which was gifted a slice of the territory three decades ago) do likewise.
6. noun We're entering into some interesting and perhaps previously unexplored socio-political-spiritual territory here that may require further examination and serious introspection.
7. noun Of the metal music farce, Ministry has definately made in-road into 'Loose Change"-"Alex Jones" territory with their new record, Rio Grande Blood.
8. noun China wanted an overland route through its own territory, which would give it ultimate control if hostilities broke out.
9. noun you are not just moving house - your cat is losing his territory.
10. noun territory is very important to cats, and they are very nervous when they go into a new place - a new house could be full of predators, or unknown menaces - well at least he thinks so.
11. noun you will need to give him only a small place to explore, so he can make it his territory, and feel safe there.
12. noun he will explore the room, mark everything with his cheek, and try to make it feel like his territory.
13. noun he will reassure himself that no other animal is in there, and that no other animal will come in - he is afraid that he is in someone else's territory when he is in a new house.
14. noun he will be freaked out, so going back to his territory will make him much happier.
15. noun good luck with your new house and with his new territory!
Sentence  
noun
His questions covered a lot of territory.
Response: Iraq is actually hostile territory for al-Qaeda, and without Iraqi sympathizers it cannot succeed there.
Although Israel withdrew from Lebanese territory in May 2000, the radical Lebanese Shiite party, Hizbullah, has not been mollified.
It is estimated to have some 5,000 armed fighters, and they have pursued attacks against Israeli forces to compel them to withdraw from the Shebaa Farms, a sliver of Syrian territory that Israel annexed after the 1967 war.
India keeps what it has while Pakistan and China (which was gifted a slice of the territory three decades ago) do likewise.
We're entering into some interesting and perhaps previously unexplored socio-political-spiritual territory here that may require further examination and serious introspection.
Of the metal music farce, Ministry has definately made in-road into 'Loose Change"-"Alex Jones" territory with their new record, Rio Grande Blood.
China wanted an overland route through its own territory, which would give it ultimate control if hostilities broke out.
you are not just moving house - your cat is losing his territory.
territory is very important to cats, and they are very nervous when they go into a new place - a new house could be full of predators, or unknown menaces - well at least he thinks so.
you will need to give him only a small place to explore, so he can make it his territory, and feel safe there.
he will explore the room, mark everything with his cheek, and try to make it feel like his territory.
he will reassure himself that no other animal is in there, and that no other animal will come in - he is afraid that he is in someone else's territory when he is in a new house.
he will be freaked out, so going back to his territory will make him much happier.
good luck with your new house and with his new territory!

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