My brother just received tenure at the university where he teaches.
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Tenure
//ˈtɛn.jʊə//
Synonyms for "tenure" (106 found)
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8 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
28 entriesShowing 16 of 28 words.
Translations
80 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- владе́ние noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- период на владеене noun (period of time possessed)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 任期 noun (period of time possessed)
- 佔有 /占有 noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- 佔有期 /占有期 noun (period of time possessed)
- 佔有權 /占有权 noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
Dutch
3 entries- bezit noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- een vaste benoeming hebben noun (status of having a permanent post)
- vastbenoemd zijn noun (status of having a permanent post)
Finnish
4 entries- läänitys noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- omistajuus noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- omistusaika noun (period of time possessed)
- vakinaisuus noun (status of having a permanent post)
French
2 entries- tenure noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- titularisation noun (status of having a permanent post)
Galician
1 entries- tenza noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
German
4 entries- Amtszeit noun (period of time possessed)
- Bekleidung noun (status of having a permanent post)
- Besitz noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- Besitzanspruch noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
Greek
4 entries- δικαίωμα γαιοκτησίας noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- θητεία noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- κατοχή noun (period of time possessed)
- μονιμότητα noun (status of having a permanent post)
Hebrew
1 entries- קביעות noun (status of having a permanent post)
Hungarian
4 entries- birtoklás noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- földbirtoklás noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- földtulajdonjog noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- földtulajdonlás noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
Italian
4 entries- durata di un incarico noun (period of time possessed)
- durata di un mandato noun (period of time possessed)
- essere di ruolo noun (status of having a permanent post)
- essere titolare noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
Japanese
4 entries- 世襲 noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- 保有 noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- 保有期間 noun (period of time possessed)
- 終身在職権 noun (status of having a permanent post)
Polish
1 entries- kadencja noun (period of time possessed)
Portuguese
3 entries- estabilidade noun (status of having a permanent post)
- tença noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- efetivar verb (to grant tenure)
Romanian
4 entries- drept de posesie noun (right to hold land under the feudal system)
- durata posesiei noun (period of time possessed)
- durată de mandat noun (period of time possessed)
- ocupare noun (status of having a permanent post)
Russian
4 entries- владе́ние noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- пребыва́ние в до́лжности noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- пребыва́ние в до́лжности noun (status of having a permanent post)
- срок владе́ния noun (period of time possessed)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- màndāt noun (period of time possessed)
- ма̀нда̄т noun (period of time possessed)
Spanish
4 entries- antigüedad noun (period of time possessed)
- permanencia noun (status of having a permanent post)
- tenencia noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- titularidad noun (status of having a permanent post)
Telugu
2 entries- పదవీ కాలం noun (status of possessing a thing or an office)
- పదవీ కాలం noun (period of time possessed)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
I have tenure.
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I just got tenure.
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My professor didn't have tenure and was fired.
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