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pretenure

pretenure adjective: prior to the establishment of tenure.

Adjective

pretenure (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the establishment of tenure

Origin of pretenure

From pre- + tenure.

Questions about pretenure

What does pretenure mean?
Pretenure means prior to the establishment of tenure.
What part of speech is pretenure?
Pretenure is an adjective.

Words near pretenure in the dictionary

  1. pretentiosity
  2. pretentious
  3. pretentiously
  4. pretentiousness
  5. pretentiousnesses
  6. pretenure
  7. preter-
  8. preter-human
  9. pretercanine
  10. preterfluent
  11. pretergeneration

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