tenure
/ˈtɛnjə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈtɛnjə/
tenure
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- 2 syllables
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- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
te - nure -> tenure
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရာထူးသက်တမ်း။ သက်တမ်း။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ အမြဲတမ်းခန့်ထားခြင်း။
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၁။ ရာထူးသက်တမ်း။ သက်တမ်း။ He knew that tenure of high political office was beyond him. ❍ The tenure of the US Presidency is four years.
၂။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ a fixed period tenure ❍ security of tenure (ie the right to continue renting property).
၃။ အမြဲတမ်း ခန့်ထားခြင်း။ be granted tenure after six years' probation.
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- tenure /'tenjǝ(r)/ n [U] ၁။ ရာထူးသက်တမ်း။ သက်တမ်း။ He knew that tenure of high political office was beyond him.
- The tenure of the US Presidency is four years. ၂။ လုပ်ပိုင်ခွင့်။ a fixed period tenure
- security of tenure (ie the right to continue renting property). ၃။ အမြဲတမ်း ခန့်ထားခြင်း။ be granted tenure after six years' probation.
Synonyms
term, occupancy, residence, possession, permanent status, administration, clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clutch, contract, duration, dynasty, freehold, grasp, grip, hold, holding, incumbency, lease, occupation, ownership, period, proprietorship, regime, reign, security, span, stint, stretch, tenancy, time
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