{
    "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."
}