"tenure" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛn.jʊə/ [UK], /ˈtɛn.jə/ [UK], /ˈtɛn.jɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tenure.wav Forms: tenures [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tenure}} Middle English tenure, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|tenure}} Old French tenure, {{der|en|VL.|*tenitura}} Vulgar Latin *tenitura, {{der|en|la|tentus}} Latin tentus Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)
  1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency Translations (status of possessing a thing or an office): владе́ние (vladénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 保有 (bǎoyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 佔有 /占有 (zhànyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 擔任 /担任 (dānrèn) (Chinese Mandarin), bezit [neuter] (Dutch), omistajuus (english: thing) (Finnish), viranhaltijuus (english: office) (Finnish), tenza (Galician), Besitz [masculine] (German), θητεία (thiteía) [feminine] (Greek), birtoklás (english: objects) (Hungarian), tulajdonlás (Hungarian), hivatali idő (english: office) (Hungarian), essere titolare [masculine] (Italian), permanenza in carica [feminine] (Italian), gestione [feminine] (Italian), 保有 (hoyū) (Japanese), tença (Portuguese), posesie [feminine] (Romanian), владе́ние (vladénije) [neuter] (Russian), пребыва́ние в до́лжности (prebyvánije v dólžnosti) (english: office) [neuter] (Russian), tenencia (Spanish), పదవీ కాలం (padavī kālaṁ) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-tenure-en-noun-1b0EYHi6 Disambiguation of 'a status of possessing a thing or an office': 66 13 16 4 Disambiguation of 'status of possessing a thing or an office': 67 14 14 5
  2. A period of time during which something is possessed. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feudalism Translations (period of time possessed): период на владеене (period na vladeene) (Bulgarian), 保有期 (bǎoyǒuqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 佔有期 /占有期 (zhànyǒuqī) (Chinese Mandarin), 任期 (rènqī) (Chinese Mandarin), omistusaika (Finnish), virkakausi (Finnish), Amtszeit (German), κατοχή (katochí) [feminine] (Greek), durata di un incarico [feminine] (Italian), durata di un mandato [feminine] (Italian), 保有期間 (hoyū kikan) (Japanese), kadencja [feminine] (Polish), durată de mandat [feminine] (Romanian), durata posesiei (Romanian), termen de stăpânire [neuter] (Romanian), срок владе́ния (srok vladénija) [masculine] (Russian), ма̀нда̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), màndāt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), antigüedad (Spanish), పదవీ కాలం (padavī kālaṁ) (Telugu)
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  3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (status of having a permanent post): 終身職位 /终身职位 (zhōngshēn zhíwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), vastbenoemd zijn (Dutch), een vaste benoeming hebben (Dutch), vakinaisuus (Finnish), titularisation [feminine] (French), Bekleidung [feminine] (German), Innehaben [neuter] (German), μονιμότητα (monimótita) [feminine] (Greek), קביעות (kviút) [feminine] (Hebrew), kinevezés (Hungarian), véglegesítés (Hungarian), állandósítás (Hungarian), essere di ruolo (Italian), titolare di una cattedra [masculine] (Italian), 終身在職権 (shūshin-zaishokken) (Japanese), estabilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), posesie [feminine] (Romanian), ocupare [feminine] (Romanian), пребыва́ние в до́лжности (prebyvánije v dólžnosti) [neuter] (Russian), titularidad [feminine] (Spanish), permanencia [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tenure-en-noun-nhUBrzRO Disambiguation of 'status of having a permanent post': 21 6 72 1
  4. A right to hold land under the feudal system. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (right to hold land under the feudal system): 佔有權 /占有权 (zhànyǒuquán) (Chinese Mandarin), läänitys (Finnish), tenure [feminine] (French), Besitztitel [masculine] (German), Besitzanspruch (German), δικαίωμα γαιοκτησίας (dikaíoma gaioktisías) [feminine] (Greek), földbirtoklás (Hungarian), földtulajdonlás (Hungarian), földtulajdonjog (Hungarian), godimento di un terreno [masculine] (Italian), 世襲 (seshū) (Japanese), drept de posesie [neuter] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-tenure-en-noun-0YQtMMjV Disambiguation of 'right to hold land under the feudal system': 2 22 6 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tenure-track Related terms: tenant, tenurial

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɛn.jʊə/ [UK], /ˈtɛn.jə/ [UK], /ˈtɛn.jɚ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tenure.wav Forms: tenures [present, singular, third-person], tenuring [participle, present], tenured [participle, past], tenured [past]
Etymology: From Middle English tenure, from Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ten-}}, {{inh|en|enm|tenure}} Middle English tenure, {{der|en|xno|-}} Anglo-Norman, {{der|en|fro|tenure}} Old French tenure, {{der|en|VL.|*tenitura}} Vulgar Latin *tenitura, {{der|en|la|tentus}} Latin tentus Head templates: {{en-verb}} tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)
  1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone). Tags: transitive Translations (to grant tenure): véglegesít (Hungarian), állandósít (Hungarian), kinevez (Hungarian), efetivar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-tenure-en-verb-YrpkTiL2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "essere titolare"
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      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
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      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
      "word": "保有"
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      "word": "tença"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
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      "word": "владе́ние"
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      "roman": "prebyvánije v dólžnosti",
      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "пребыва́ние в до́лжности"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
      "word": "tenencia"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "padavī kālaṁ",
      "sense": "status of possessing a thing or an office",
      "word": "పదవీ కాలం"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "period na vladeene",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "период на владеене"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "bǎoyǒuqī",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "保有期"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhànyǒuqī",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "佔有期 /占有期"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "rènqī",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "任期"
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "Amtszeit"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
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        "feminine"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "durata di un incarico"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "durata di un mandato"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "word": "保有期間"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "kadencja"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "durata posesiei"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "termen de stăpânire"
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      "word": "срок владе́ния"
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "antigüedad"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "padavī kālaṁ",
      "sense": "period of time possessed",
      "word": "పదవీ కాలం"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "zhōngshēn zhíwèi",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "終身職位 /终身职位"
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      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "vastbenoemd zijn"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "een vaste benoeming hebben"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "vakinaisuus"
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      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "titularisation"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Bekleidung"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Innehaben"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "monimótita",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "μονιμότητα"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "kviút",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
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      "word": "קביעות"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "kinevezés"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "véglegesítés"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "állandósítás"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "essere di ruolo"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "titolare di una cattedra"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shūshin-zaishokken",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "word": "終身在職権"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estabilidade"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "posesie"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ocupare"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prebyvánije v dólžnosti",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пребыва́ние в до́лжности"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
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      "word": "titularidad"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "status of having a permanent post",
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      "word": "permanencia"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhànyǒuquán",
      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
      "word": "佔有權 /占有权"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
      "word": "läänitys"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
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      "word": "tenure"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
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      "word": "Besitztitel"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
      "word": "Besitzanspruch"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
      "word": "földbirtoklás"
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
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      "word": "godimento di un terreno"
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      "sense": "right to hold land under the feudal system",
      "word": "世襲"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "to grant tenure",
      "word": "véglegesít"
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