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⏳ Time in a job 🎓 To make permanent 🏡 Right to use land
to tenure

to tenure

8 7.0
To give someone a permanent job at a university
  • verb
  • /ˈtɛnjər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : conceder la titularidad
  • He was tenured just two years after completing his PhD, which is quite rare at that institution.
  • tenured faculty
  • tenured professors
  • tenured teacher

Examples

  • The committee decided to tenure him due to his exceptional contributions to the academic community.

  • Most of the faculty are tenured and have very specific work rules outlined by the faculty contract.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The successful transfer of the organization's culture from tenured employees to newcomers may affect the future success of the organization.

    Academic text (1997)

  • In February 1946, the month he turned 28, Schwinger was offered and accepted a tenured position at Harvard.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Excellent researchers who pulled in grant money and published in refereed journals became tenured and won reduced teaching loads.

    Academic text (1991)

  • Universities are undergoing a structural change and are planning to cut the size of their tenured faculties.

    Academic text (1993)

  • During much of the 20th century, most faculty worked within the context of full-time tenured or tenurable appointments.

    Academic text (2005)

  • After years of dedication, she was finally tenured at the university, securing her position as a professor.

Antonyms

to discharge
  • Formal
100 4.4

Officially release someone from a duty, job, or responsibility

to dismiss
70 3.3

To remove someone from their job

Compounds

land tenure
  • Specialized
1 6.7

The rules and rights that show who owns or uses land

How Permanent

to tenure
  • Specialized
8 7.0
to appoint
  • Formal
580 3.2
to hire
∞ 1.4
to contract
  • Formal
64 3.5

Surface Forms

tenure infinitive
tenured past
tenured past participle
tenuring present participle
tenures third person singular

Etymology

Tenure as a verb comes from the same Latin tenere 'to hold', and to 'tenure' someone is to give them a lasting 'hold' on a job. That's why being tenured means having a permanent position.