territory

/ˈtɛrɪˌtɔri/

意味: 領土、縄張り

例文: The cat defended its territory.
　　  猫は自分の縄張りを守った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: disputed territory(係争地), national territory(国土), foreign territory(外国領土)

定義: 領土や地域を指します。特定の国や組織が管理する土地や区域のことです。動物が自分の縄張りとして守る場所も指すことがあります。

territoryは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
Noun: an area of knowledge or interest
Noun: the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: his questions covered a lot of territory
Noun: American troops were stationed on Japanese soil

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): district, dominion, soil, territorial dominion, territory

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): area, geographical area, region

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): antipodes, area, backwater, baltic state, biogeographical region, breadbasket, colony, country, dar al-harb, dar al-islam, district, domain, dust bowl, environment, environs, field, french region, geographical area, grey area, heartland, hemisphere, hot spot, irredenta, killing field, narco-state, northern europe, northland, panhandle, place, river basin, semidesert, settlement, southland, sphere, territory, testing ground, theater of war, tract, unknown, urban area, wilderness, zone, zone of interior

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): administrative district, borderland, british east africa, british west africa, city district, congressional district, development, enclave, goldfield, jurisdiction, mandate, palatinate, possession, protectorate, residential district, trust territory

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: district, territorial

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: general

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

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Suffixes(接尾辞): y

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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