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territorial Definition

ter·ri·to·rial (ter′ə tôr′ē əl)

adjective

  1. of territory or land
  2. of, belonging to, or limited to a specific territory, district, or jurisdictional area territorial waters
  3. ☆ of a Territory or Territories
  4. organized in regional groups for home defense the Territorial Army of Great Britain
  5. Ethology characterized by or displaying territoriality

Etymology: LL territorialis

noun

  1. a member of a territorial force
  2. a member of the British Territorial Army

territorial Related Forms

ter′·ri·to′·ri·ally adverb

territorial Synonyms

territorial

modif.

regional, sectional*, provincial; see national 1.

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  • sovereignty: Or is the very concept of sovereignty, particularly territorial sovereignty, outdated?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

  • become: During the winter, water voles will happily share these burrows, but come spring they become territorial.
  • get: I've seen people get quite territorial about the individuals they're working with.