tenure

Meaning of tenure

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
  3. guaranteed permanent employment, especially as a teacher or lecturer, after a probationary period; security of tenure.
    tenure for university staff has been abolished
verb
  1. give (someone) a permanent post, especially as a teacher or lecturer.
    I had recently been tenured and then promoted to full professor

late Middle English: from Old French, from tenir ‘to hold’, from Latin tenere .

Information about tenure

  • The plural form of tenure is: tenures.
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Hyphenation of tenure

ten-ure

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • tenure is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

tenure synonyms

Meaning term of office:

incumbency

Meaning possession of land or property as a tenant:

tenancy

Meaning the action or fact of occupying a place:

occupancy

Meaning an area of land held by lease:

holding

Meaning the action of living in or using a building or other place:

occupation

Meaning a person's home, especially a large and impressive one:

residence

Meaning visible power or control over something, as distinct from lawful ownership; holding or occupancy as distinct from ownership:

possession

Meaning the name of a book, composition, or other artistic work:

title

Meaning the act, state, or right of possessing something:

ownership

Meaning the state or right of owning a business or holding property:

proprietorship

Meaning a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study:

term

Meaning the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole:

time

Translation of tenure

Anagrams of tenure

neuter, retune, runtee, tureen

Words that rhyme with tenure

ephthianure, manure, melanure, panure, remanure, coenure, cotenure, enure, nontenure, subtenure, undertenure, encoignure, disinure, inure, gymnure, conure, zonure, tournure, demeasnure

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