territorialize

Thân thiện

The company decided to territorialize its sales operations by region.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To extend by adding territory: The act of increasing the size or area of a political or administrative unit by incorporating new land.
   • To place on a territorial basis: To organize or structure something according to territorial divisions or principles.
   • To organize as a territory: To bring an area under a formal administrative system as a territory, often as a step before becoming a full state or province.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • The empire sought to territorialize its influence by annexing neighboring regions.
  • The company decided to territorialize its sales operations, creating districts based on geography.
  • After the war, the victorious powers moved to territorialize the conquered land, establishing a new colonial administration.

Advanced Usage

• In political geography: The process is often discussed in the context of state-building, colonialism, or administrative reorganization.

  • The conference aimed to discuss how to peacefully territorialize the disputed border areas.

• In business/organizational theory: Can describe structuring a company's operations by geographic area.

  • The new CEO's strategy was to territorialize the marketing department to better serve local clients.

Variants and Related Words

• Territorialization (n): The process or result of territorializing.

  • The territorialization of the frontier was a slow and complex process.

• Territorial (adj): Relating to the ownership of an area of land or sea.

  • The birds are very territorial during nesting season.

• Re-territorialize (v): To territorialize again or in a new way.

  • After the merger, the company had to re-territorialize its entire European network.

Synonyms

• Annex: To add territory to one's own territory by appropriation.
• Incorporate: To take in or include as part of a whole, such as a territory.
• Organize: To arrange into a structured whole, such as forming a territory.

Related Phrases

• To bring under territorial control: A phrase describing the act of territorializing.
  • The goal was to bring the entire island chain under territorial control.

Notes on Different Meanings

• The primary meanings are political and administrative. The verb is not typically used in everyday conversation but is common in academic, historical, and geopolitical contexts.
• The example from the reference context, illustrates the meaning "to place on a territorial basis," meaning the railway system was organized according to territorial divisions rather than, for instance, private or federal management.

Học thuật

Verb

1. extend by adding territory
2. place on a territorial basis
   • The railways were territorialized
3. organize as a territory

Từ đồng nghĩa

• territorialise