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tenuretrack

tenuretrack is the alternative form of tenure-track.

Meaning of tenure-track

Adjective

tenure-track (not comparable)

  1. Possessing contractually guaranteed terms of employment specifying that, after a period of time, the employed person will be considered for tenure status, which typically confers enhanced job security and sometimes other benefits.
    • [T]he hierarchical structure of Japanese academic-research teams often denies women precious tenure-track positions.2005 March 21, Hanna Kite, “Japan Lags Behind”, in Time

Origin of tenuretrack

From tenure + track.

Questions about tenuretrack

What is tenuretrack the alternative form of?
Tenuretrack is the alternative form of tenure-track.

Words near tenuretrack in the dictionary

  1. tenureless
  2. tenurelessness
  3. tenures
  4. tenureship
  5. tenureships
  6. tenuretrack
  7. tenurial
  8. tenurially
  9. tenuring
  10. Tenuta
  11. Tenutas

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tenuretrack (page history and authors); tenure-track (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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