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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈtɛn.jʊə/, /ˈtɛn.jə/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /ˈtɛn.jɚ/
  • (Southern 米国発音, African-American Vernacular, pin–pen merger) IPA: /ˈtɪ̟n.jɚ/
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈten.jə/
• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈte̝n.jɘ/
• ハイフネーション: ten‧ure

名詞

tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)

1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.
   • 1781 (date written), William Cowper, “Expostulation”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], published 1782, →OCLC:

     All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.

   • 2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45:

     It will be rather entertaining to watch Merriman when he first faces the Transport Select Committee, with his former colleagues likely to be merciless in their questioning. During his tenure, Merriman was pretty sharp, which was no bad thing, and they will make sure he gets a dose of his own medicine.

   • 2024 November 17, Phil McNulty, “England 5-0 Republic of Ireland”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Carsley ended his six-game tenure as England's interim manager in the same way he started it, with a comfortable victory over the nation he represented with distinction as a player.

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.

同意語

• (a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency

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動詞

tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)

1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

アナグラム

• neuter, retune, run tee, tureen, untree