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tenures

tenures is the plural of tenure.

tenures is the third-person singular simple present indicative of tenure.

Meaning of tenure

Noun

tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)

  1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
    • All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Expostulation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    incumbency
  2. A period of time during which something is possessed.
  3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
  4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

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Phrases with tenures

Questions about tenures

What is tenures the plural of?
Tenures is the plural of tenure.

Words near tenures in the dictionary

  1. tenure track
  2. tenure-track
  3. tenured
  4. tenureless
  5. tenurelessness
  6. tenures
  7. tenureship
  8. tenureships
  9. tenuretrack
  10. tenurial
  11. tenurially

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