Tenure (Verb)
Meaning
Give life-time employment to; "She was tenured after she published her book".
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Examples
- He was tenured after completing five years of excellent service to the university.
- The economics department tenured the young professor once she finished her research project.
- Dr. Smith was tenured shortly after publishing a series of groundbreaking papers.
- After ten years of teaching and contributing to her field, she was finally tenured.
- The college's English department decided to tenure the distinguished professor emeritus.