tenure

UK /ˈtɛn.jʊə/ US /ˈtɛn.jɚ/

noun 4verb 1

Collocations

(noun.) holding an important position

ADJ

life, long | brief, short

VERB + TENURE

have

During his twenty years at the company, he had an impressive tenure as head of the design department.

PREP

during sb's ~

The company made several important changes during the manager's tenure at the organization.

PHRASES

a tenure of office

(noun.) legal right to occupy property/land

ADJ

life, secure | fixed-period | housing, land | feudal, freehold

PHRASES

security of tenure

Employees value security of tenure because they can plan their futures without fear of sudden job loss.

(noun.) right to remain permanently in your job

ADJ

academic

VERB + TENURE

have | get

grant sb

After working there for six years, the university finally granted him tenure.

Definitions

noun

A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.

It will be rather entertaining to watch Merriman when he first faces the Transport Select Committee, with his former colleagues likely to be merciless in their questioning. During his tenure, Merriman was pretty sharp, which was no bad thing, and they will make sure he gets a dose of his own medicine.

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.

verb

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the term during which some position is held

incumbency

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.

Wiktionary

Carsley ended his six-game tenure as England's interim manager in the same way he started it, with a comfortable victory over the nation he represented with distinction as a player.

Wiktionary

My brother just received tenure at the university where he teaches.

Tatoeba · #729865

I have tenure.

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I just got tenure.

Tatoeba · #2362214

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