territorial Definition
ter·ri·to·rial (ter′ə tôr′ē əl)
adjective
- of territory or land
- of, belonging to, or limited to a specific territory, district, or jurisdictional area territorial waters
- ☆ of a Territory or Territories
- organized in regional groups for home defense the Territorial Army of Great Britain
- Ethology characterized by or displaying territoriality
Etymology: LL territorialis
noun
- a member of a territorial force
- a member of the British Territorial Army
territorial Related Forms
ter′·ri·to′·ri·ally adverb
territorial Synonyms
territorial Usage Examples
Preposition: in
nature: These assets could be political, religious, ethnic, historical, or territorial in nature.
Adjective modifier
pre-war: Joseph is believed to have been a pre-war Territorial and volunteered for overseas service when the Battalion was mobilized on August 1914.
Modifies a noun
- integrity: Preserving the territorial integrity of every nation in Europe by ensuring a balance of power in Europe.
- battalion: The six Territorial battalions of The Queen's were formed into two complete Queen's brigades.
- cohesion: These perspectives are used to critique the policy idea of territorial cohesion, which is central to current debates about EU spatial futures.
- sovereignty: Or is the very concept of sovereignty, particularly territorial sovereignty, outdated?
- policing: He has direct responsibility for Territorial Policing within the force.
- ambition: Perhaps he had either challenged or compromised the territorial ambitions of his father.
Modifying Another Word
- fiercely: Soon they are driving into the mountains where fiercely territorial battles are still fought.
- highly: The bigger the shoal the better, And do not keep them with highly territorial fish like African cichlids.
- extremely: Brown trout, especially big brown trout, were thought to be extremely territorial.
- very: And, many gamers are very territorial or passionate about what they play.
- quite: I've seen people get quite territorial about the individuals they're working with.
- not: That is why this autonomy is called national and not territorial.
Used with adjective complement
Browse dictionary entries near territorial
- ‹ terrine
- ‹ terrigenous
- ‹ terrify
- ‹ terrifically
- ‹ terrific
- ‹ terrier
- ‹ terricolous
- ‹ terribly
- ‹ terrible
- ‹ terret

