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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.
Take the noun tenure for the period of time a person holds a position or office. Your tenure as a student ends when you graduate high school — unless, of course, you go on to college.
the period of time when somebody holds an important job, especially a political one; the act of holding an important job. his four-year tenure as president. She had a long tenure of office. Oxford Collocations Dictionary. Want to learn more?
Tenure is the legal right to live in a particular building or to use a particular piece of land during a fixed period of time. Lack of security of tenure was a reason for many families becoming homeless.
