territory

Other forms of territory

plural

territories·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about territory

What does territory mean?

territory means "a region marked off for administrative or other purposes". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in territory?

territory has 4 syllables: ter-ri-to-ry. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹi/.

What is another word for territory?

Close synonyms include district, territorial dominion, dominion, soil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is territory a common word?

territory is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with territory?

59 words rhyme with territory. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.