Meaning of tenure In English

• 0 being the legal owner of land, a job, or an official public position, or the period of time during which you own it:

  • During his tenure as dean, he had a real influence on the students.

  • She is one of the few people in the English Department who has tenure.

  • professors (= those likely to get tenure) who don't publish enough work may not be offered tenure.

• 1 the period of time when someone holds a job, esp. an official position, or the right to keep a job permanently:

  • During his tenure as mayor, relations with the police department worsened.

  • Michelle has tenure in her new teaching position.

• 2 the period of time during which someone is in an important job or position:

  • His 14-year tenure included some of the store's best times.

  • sb's tenure as sth Seven years ago, I began my official tenure as lab director.

  • under sb's tenure Listings at the NYSE soared under his tenure.

• 3 the right to remain permanently in a job, especially as a teacher at a university:

  • have tenure He took a semester off from UA, where he has tenure.

  • What grounds did the university give for denying tenure to you?

• 4 the legal right to use a piece of land or a property:

  • grant sb tenure They were not granted tenure to the land.