verb · transitive · common

tenure

ten·ure

tenure · tenures · tenured · tenuring

To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, toTo grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

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UK/ˈtɛn.jʊə/US/ˈtɛn.jɚ/

» Did you know Tom got tenure?

Meaning

1 senses

To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

More definitions

give life-time employment to

Examples

7 sentences

Did you know Tom got tenure?
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My professor didn't have tenure and was fired.
deMein Professor hatte keine Dauerprofessur und wurde entlassen. — Yorwba
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I just got tenure.
ruМеня только что приняли в штат. — Selena777
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I have tenure.
ruУ меня есть стаж. — odexed
deIch bin dauerhaft angestellt. — Yorwba
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Tom has tenure.
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Translations

1 languages

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

tenures, tenuring, tenured, tenured

Base form	tenure · to tenure
3rd person singular	tenures
Present participle	tenuring
Past simple	tenured
Past participle	tenured

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	tenure
he, she, it	tenures

Past simpleLesson

all persons

tenured

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have tenured
he, she, it	has tenured

Future simple (will)Lesson