tenure.

1. The period during which someone holds an office, role or position.

2. A form of continuing employment with protection against dismissal except under specified conditions.

3. The conditions or legal basis on which property, especially land, is held.

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Words that belong together

• tenure in office
• during her tenure

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The reform began during her tenure but was completed after she left.

His tenure in office overlapped with two different administrative systems.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.