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tenure

[ ten-yer ]

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)

  1. to give tenure to:

    After she served three years on probation, the committee tenured her.

tenure

/ 藞t蓻nj蓹; 藞t蓻nj蕣蓹 /

noun

  1. the possession or holding of an office or position
  2. the length of time an office, position, etc, lasts; term
  3. 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
    1. the holding or occupying of property, esp realty, in return for services rendered, etc
    2. the duration of such holding or occupation
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 迟别苍藞耻谤颈补濒, adjective
  • 迟别苍藞耻谤颈补濒ly, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟别苍路耻路谤颈路补濒 [ten-, yoor, -ee-, uh, l], adjective
  • 迟别苍路耻顎价颈路补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 苍辞苍顎卼别苍路耻顎价颈路补濒 adjective
  • non顎叧俦鸩月烦茴价颈路补濒路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎僤别谤路迟别苍顎卽谤别 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tenure1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English, from Anglo-French; Old French teneure, from Vulgar Latin tenitura (unrecorded), equivalent to tenit(us) (unrecorded) 鈥渉eld鈥 (for Latin tentus, past participle of 迟别苍脓谤别 鈥渢o hold鈥) + -ura -ure
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of tenure1

C15: from Old French, from Medieval Latin 迟别苍颈迟奴谤补, ultimately from Latin 迟别苍脓谤别 to hold
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On the drums currently is Anton Fig, who most people know from his tenure on "The David Letterman Show."

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But Sciver-Brunt's appointment also felt inevitable considering England's lack of other leadership options, having failed to implement a proper succession plan despite the considerable length of Knight's tenure.

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Caldwell鈥檚 narrative was pure victimhood: He argued that his Pentagon tenure threatened 鈥渆stablished interests,鈥 and he dismissed leak accusations.

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Thomas first came to prominence in the group Rocket From the Tombs, which, despite never recording an album, became an influential act locally in its brief tenure.

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For much of his Dodgers tenure over the last two seasons, such a situation would usually trigger an automatic 鈥渇our鈥 signal from the opposing dugout.

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