tenure
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yər noun
1.
the holding or possessing of anything: the tenure of an office.
2.
the holding of property, especially real property, of a superior in return for services to be rendered.
3.
the period or term of holding something.
4.
status granted to an employee, usually after a probationary period, indicating that the position or employment is permanent.
verb (used with object)
5.
to give tenure to: After she served three years on probation, the committee tenured her.
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Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French teneure < Vulgar Latin *tenitura, equivalent to *tenit(us) held (for Latin tentus, past participle of tenēre) + -ura -ure
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French teneure < Vulgar Latin *tenitura, equivalent to *tenit(us) held (for Latin tentus, past participle of tenēre) + -ura -ure
Related forms
ten·u·ri·al·ly, adverb
non·ten·u·ri·al, adjective
non·ten·u·ri·al·ly, adverb
un·der·ten·ure, noun
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tenure (ˈtɛnjʊə, ˈtɛnjə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the possession or holding of an office or position |
| 2. | the length of time an office, position, etc, lasts; term |
| 3. | chiefly (US), (Canadian) the improved security status of a person after having been in the employ of the same company or institution for a specified period |
| 4. | the right to permanent employment until retirement, esp for teachers, lecturers, etc |
| 5. | property law |
| a. the holding or occupying of property, esp realty, in return for services rendered, etc | |
| b. the duration of such holding or occupation | |
| [C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin tenitūra, ultimately from Latin tenēre to hold] | |
| ten'urial | |
| —adj | |
| ten'urially | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
tenure
1414, "holding of a tenement," from Anglo-Fr. and O.Fr. tenure "a tenure, estate in land" (13c.), from O.Fr. tenir "to hold," from V.L. *tenire, from L. tenere "to hold" (see tenet). The sense of "condition or fact of holding a status, position, or occupation" is first attested
1599. Meaning "guaranteed tenure of office" (usually at a university or school) is recorded from 1957.
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Example sentences
Earning tenure at a major research university is one of the biggest hurdles of a professor's career.
People would snicker behind your back, your scientific career would be ruined, and you wouldn't get tenure.
We struggle to recover from the thoughtless carnage of his tenure.
Since the beginning of my tenure as a zoo animal keeper the philosophy surrounding enrichment has evolved.
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