# tenured

Pronunciation: US say "TEN-yurd" /ˈtɛn.jɚd/; UK say "TEN-yoord" /ˈtɛn.jʊəd/; AUS say "TEN-yuhd" /ˈten.jəd/

## Adjective

1. Holding a permanent academic or professional position that provides job security and protection from dismissal without cause.
   - Simple: Having a permanent job that is very hard to lose, often at a college or university.
   - _The tenured faculty voted against the proposed curriculum changes._
   - _Only tenured staff are guaranteed a position through the restructuring._
3. Experienced from working at a particular workplace for some time; seasoned in the job. *(Philippines)*
   - Simple: Having a lot of experience at a job after working there for a long time.
   - _The tenured agents take the hardest calls while the newbies are still learning the scripts._
   - _Tenured employees often mentor the recent hires._

## Verb

2. Simple past tense and past participle of tenure. — simple past and past participle of tenure
   - Simple: Simple past tense and past participle of tenure. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The committee tenured him despite some opposition from the dean._
   - _She was tenured shortly after publishing her landmark study._

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