Meaning

4 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

    Besitz

    владе́ниеvladénije, пребыва́ние в до́лжностиprebyvánije v dólžnosti

  2. (countable, uncountable)A period of time during which something is possessed.

    Amtszeit

    срок владе́нияsrok vladénija

    the term during which some position is held

  3. (countable, uncountable)A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.

    Bekleidung, Innehaben, Inhaberschaft

    пребыва́ние в до́лжностиprebyvánije v dólžnosti

  4. (countable, uncountable)A right to hold land under the feudal system.

    Besitztitel, Besitzanspruch

    the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands

Examples

7 sentences

  1. Did you know Tom got tenure?

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  2. My professor didn't have tenure and was fired.

    deMein Professor hatte keine Dauerprofessur und wurde entlassen. — Yorwba

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  3. I just got tenure.

    ruМеня только что приняли в штат. — Selena777

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  4. I have tenure.

    ruУ меня есть стаж. — odexed

    deIch bin dauerhaft angestellt. — Yorwba

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  5. Tom has tenure.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
status of possessing a thing or an office:
period of time possessed:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
status of possessing a thing or an office:
period of time possessed:
status of having a permanent post:
right to hold land under the feudal system:

Origin

From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *

From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.

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Forms

plural: tenures
Singulartenure
Pluraltenures

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
a status of possessing a thing or an office:incumbency
Close in meaning
  • the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands:land tenure
  • the term during which some position is held:term of officeincumbency

Word family

11 related words
Relatedtenanttenurial
Derivedcotenureland tenurenontenurepretenuresubtenuretenurabletenurelesstenureshiptenure-track

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tenthtenuoustequilateresatermB1

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