What part of speech is tenured?

Tenured can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

Parts of speech

• 1. tenured is a verb, past participle of tenure (infinitive).
• 2. tenured is a verb, past simple of tenure (infinitive).
• 3. tenured is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

• Infinitive

  Present

  Simple Past

  Past Participle

  Gerund
• (to) tenure 

  tenure  / tenures 

  tenured 

  tenured 

  tenuring 

• Infinitive: (to) tenure 
• Present: tenure  / tenures 
• Simple Past: tenured 
• Past Participle: (have) tenured 
• Gerund: tenuring 

Adjective

• Positive

  Comparative

  Superlative
• tenured 

  more tenured

  most tenured

• Positive: tenured 
• Comparative: more tenured
• Superlative: most tenured

What does tenured mean?

Examples of tenured