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TERRITORIALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does territorialise mean? 

TERRITORIALISE (verb)
  The verb TERRITORIALISE has 3 senses:

1. organize as a territoryplay

2. place on a territorial basisplay

3. extend by adding territoryplay

  Familiarity information: TERRITORIALISE used as a verb is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


TERRITORIALISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they territorialise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it territorialises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: territorialised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: territorialised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: territorialising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Organize as a territory

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Hypernyms (to "territorialise" is one way to...):

organise; organize (cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

territorialisation (the act of organizing as a territory)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Place on a territorial basis

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Context example:

The railways were territorialized

Hypernyms (to "territorialise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

territorialisation (the act of organizing as a territory)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Extend by adding territory

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

territorialise; territorialize

Hypernyms (to "territorialise" is one way to...):

broaden; extend; widen (extend in scope or range or area)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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