tenure
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman, from Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenit(us), from Latin tentus (from teneō) + -ura.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenure (plural tenures)
- A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
- Cowper
- All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.
- Cowper
- A period of time during which something is possessed.
- A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
- A right to hold land under the feudal system.
Synonyms[edit]
(a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency
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Translations[edit]
a status of possessing a thing or an office
a period of time possessed
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a status of having a permanent post
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a right to hold land
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Verb[edit]
tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)
- (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Oxford-Paravia Concise - Dizionario Inglese-Italiano e Italiano-Inglese. Edited by Maria Cristina Bareggi. Torino: Paravia, 2003 (in collaboration with Oxford University Press). ISBN 8839551107. Online version here
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
tenure f (plural tenures)
- tenure
