tenure
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the term during which some position is held
Types & categories
- term hypernym
- presidency hyponym
- vice-presidency hyponym
- episcopate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
give life-time employment to
She was tenured after she published her book
Types & categories
- elevate hypernym
Related & opposite
- incumbency derivation
- academia domain topic
Sense 3 noun
the right to hold property; part of an ancient hierarchical system of holding lands
Types & categories
- legal right hypernym
- copyhold hyponym
- freehold hyponym
- villeinage hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenure |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | incumbent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | term |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | presidency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vice-presidency |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | episcopate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | incumbency |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | academia |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | elevate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | legal right |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | copyhold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | freehold |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | villeinage |