英:[te'njʊərɪəl]
美:[te'njurɪrl]
英:[te'njʊərɪəl]
美:[te'njurɪrl]
noun
the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)especially: a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from summary dismissal
grasp, hold
Middle English, "possession of land under obligation to a superior, the land so held," borrowed from Anglo-French tenure, teneure, going back to Gallo-Romance *tenitūra "act of possessing," from Latin ten-, base of tenēre "to hold, possess" + -it-, generalized from past participles ending in -itus + -ūra -ure — more at tenant >entry 1 Note: A number of renderings of the word in Medieval Latin from the 11th century on (as tenetura, tenatura, tentura, tenura, etc.) may reflect stages in the passage from Latin to French or attempts to Latinize a vernacular form.
The first known use of tenure was in the 15th century
terabytenoun
1024 gigabytesalso: one trillion bytes
tequilanoun
a Mexican liquor made from the fermented juice of an agave
tepidadjective
lukewarm
a tepid bath
lacking enthusiasm or conviction : halfhearted
a tepid response
tepidadjective
lukewarm
a tepid bath
lacking enthusiasm or conviction : halfhearted
a tepid response
tepeenoun
a cone-shaped tent usually of skins used as a home especially by Indigenous people of the Great Plains
tenurenoun
the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (as property, a position, or an office)especially: a status granted after a trial period to a teacher that gives protection from dismissal except for serious cause determined by formal proceedings
1 During his tenure as head coach, the team won the championship twice.
2 her 12-year tenure with the company
3 His tenure in office will end with the next election.
4 After seven years I was finally granted tenure.
5 He hopes to get tenure next year.
6 The defendant did not have tenure on the land.
7 land tenure in Anglo-Saxon Britain
8 … but there is also about it just the trace of the nettlesome righteousness that alienated much of Washington during his tenure there, the not-so-subtle suggestion that while he might be in politics, he is not of politics and certainly not, God forbid, a politician.
9 Pittsburgh's offensive linemen, trap blockers during Noll's tenure, had to bulk up for the straight-ahead game.
10 A mural on the upper half of a four-story guesthouse was painted in 1977 by twelve-year-old schoolchildren, whose tenure on the scaffold must have thrilled their parents.
11 Perhaps that’s why Back to Black highlights these specific performances in her stacked but ultimately short tenure as a sensational singer.
12 With a tenure that ended in an embezzlement conviction, Dixon faced an insurmountable obstacle earlier this week, trailing by 5,000 votes against Scott.
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