different between tenure vs engagement

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French tenure, from Vulgar Latin *tenitura, from *tenitus, from Latin tentus (from tene?) + -ura.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n.j??/, /?t?n.j?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?t?n.j?/

Noun

tenure (countable and uncountable, plural tenures)

1. A status of possessing a thing or an office; an incumbency.

   • All that seems thine own, / Held by the tenure of his will alone.

2. A period of time during which something is possessed.
3. A status of having a permanent post with enhanced job security within an academic institution.
4. A right to hold land under the feudal system.

Synonyms

• (a status of possessing a thing or an office): incumbency

Derived terms

• tenure-track

Related terms

• tenant
• tenurial

Translations

Verb

tenure (third-person singular simple present tenures, present participle tenuring, simple past and past participle tenured)

1. (transitive) To grant tenure, the status of having a permanent academic position, to (someone).

Translations

Anagrams

• neuter, retune, run tee, tureen, untree

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.ny?/

Noun

tenure f (plural tenures)

1. (historical) tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)

Further reading

• “tenure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• eurent, neutre, retenu, teneur

Middle English

Noun

tenure

1. Alternative form of tenour

Old French

Alternative forms

• teneure (common), teneüre, tenëure (diaereses are not universally used in Old French transcriptions)
• tenuire
• tennure
• tenour
• tenuere

Noun

tenure f (oblique plural tenures, nominative singular tenure, nominative plural tenures)

1. tenure (right to hold land under the feudal system)
2. holding (of land); estate
3. tenure, right of possession
   • 1283, Philippe de Beaumanoir, Les Coutumes de Beauvaisis, available in page 237 of this document

     le longue tenure qu'il alliguent ne lor vaut riens

     The long tenure that they are claiming is worth nothing to them

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (teneure)
• tenure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

From French engagement.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??e?d??.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: en?gage?ment

Noun

engagement (countable and uncountable, plural engagements)

1. (countable) An appointment, especially to speak or perform.

   The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

2. (uncountable) Connection or attachment.

   Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

3. (uncountable, by extension, about human emotional state) The feeling of being compelled, drawn in, connected to what is happening, interested in what will happen next.
4. (countable, uncountable) The period of time when marriage is planned or promised.

   We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

5. (countable, uncountable) In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

   The engagement resulted in many casualties.

6. (fencing, countable) The point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

   After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

Synonyms

• commitment
• action

Antonyms

• apathy

• disengagement

Derived terms

• engagement ring
• disengagement

Related terms

• engage

Translations

See also

• battle
• campaign

References

French

Etymology

engager +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a?.m??/

Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. commitment
2. engagement

Further reading

• “engagement” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Etymology

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Noun

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. (Jersey) engagement