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- DictionaryTen·ure/ˈtenyər/
noun
- 1. the conditions under which land or buildings are held or occupied.
- 2. the holding of an office: "his tenure of the premiership would be threatened"
verb
- 1. give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or professor: "I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor"
The meaning of TENURE is the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office); especially : a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal. How to use tenure in a sentence.
the period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position, or the right to keep a job permanently: During his tenure as mayor, relations with the police department worsened. Michelle has tenure in her new teaching position.
noun. the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office. the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered. the period or term of holding something.
the period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position, or the right to keep a job permanently: During his tenure as mayor, relations with the police department worsened. Michelle has tenure in her new teaching position.
Tenure is a category of academic appointment existing in some countries. A tenured post is an indefinite academic appointment that can be terminated only for cause or under extraordinary circumstances, such as financial exigency or program discontinuation.
Tenure from the Latin tenere means "to hold" and refers to the period of time a person works at a particular job or in an office. A president might have to deal with a recession during his tenure in the White House.
Synonyms for TENURE: term, stint, tour, shift, hitch, duration, lifetime, time, span, standing.
TENURE meaning: 1 : the amount of time that a person holds a job, office, or title; 2 : the right to keep a job (especially the job of being a professor at a college or university) for as long as you want to have it.
Definition of tenure noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
TENURE definition: 1. the legal right to live in a building or use a piece of land for a period 2. the period of time…. Learn more.
