TENURE
Dictionary entry overview: What does tenure mean?
• TENURE (noun)
The noun TENURE has 2 senses:
1. the term during which some position is held
2. the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
Familiarity information: TENURE used as a noun is rare.
• TENURE (verb)
The verb TENURE has 1 sense:
1. give life-time employment to
Familiarity information: TENURE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TENURE (noun)
Meaning:
The term during which some position is held
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
incumbency; tenure; term of office
Hypernyms ("tenure" is a kind of...):
term (a limited period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tenure"):
administration; presidency; presidential term (the tenure of a president)
vice-presidency; vice-presidential term (the tenure of a vice president)
episcopate (the term of office of a bishop)
Meaning:
The right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
land tenure; tenure
Hypernyms ("tenure" is a kind of...):
legal right (a right based in law)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tenure"):
copyhold (a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services)
freehold (tenure by which land is held in fee simple or for life)
villeinage (tenure by which a villein held land)
• TENURE (verb)
Meaning:
Give life-time employment to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
She was tenured after she published her book
Hypernyms (to "tenure" is one way to...):
advance; elevate; kick upstairs; promote; raise; upgrade (give a promotion to or assign to a higher position)
Domain category:
academe; academia (the academic world)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
