full-time

[ foo l-tahym ]

/ ˈfʊlˈtaɪm /

adjective

working or operating the customary number of hours in each day, week, or month: a full-time housekeeper; full-time production.Compare part-time.

adverb

on a full-time basis.

Nearby words

full-size, full-term, full-thickness flap, full-thickness graft, full-throated, full-time, full-timer, full-wave rectifier, fullam, fullback, fuller

Origin of full-time

First recorded in 1895–1900

Definition for full-time (2 of 2)

full time

noun

the number of hours in a period, as a day, week, or month, considered customary for pursuing an activity, especially working at a job: The factory now operates on full time.

Compare part time.

Origin of full time

First recorded in 1910–15

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Examples from the Web for full-time

But Jeff, who began his foray into pot gastronomy as a hobby, is rapidly turning it into a full-time pot-repreneurial business.
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A graduate of Wake Forest University, she taught high-school English for six years before becoming a full-time mom and writer.
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The former senator told The Daily Beast that he has raised less than $200,000 and has just one full-time employee.
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At the end of his junior year, he drops out of Temple and becomes a full-time comic.
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She hired a full-time nanny only when it became unavoidable as the family made plans to travel to Australia for a royal tour.
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In many respects the wages for a full-time week which we have so far been considering are indeed an artificial figure.
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I don't know whether he said specifically he attended as a full-time student.
Warren Commission (10 of 26): Hearings Vol. X (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
This was the original model, they've never gone into production on girls like her full-time.
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The question should really be phrased in this way: Are you able to carry on two full-time jobs?
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The following table shows the average weekly full-time earnings of women employed in the principal textile industries.
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British Dictionary definitions for full-time (1 of 2)

full-time

adjective

for the entire time appropriate to an activitya full-time job; a full-time student

adverb full time

on a full-time basishe works full time

Compare part-time

Derived Formsfull-timer, noun

British Dictionary definitions for full-time (2 of 2)

full time

noun

the end of a football or other matchCompare half-time

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Word Origin and History for full-time

full time

also fulltime, full-time, 1898; full-timer is attested from 1868; see full (adj.) + time.

full-time

adjective

adverb

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full time

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for full-time (1 of 2)

full-time

adjective

adverb full time

British Dictionary definitions for full-time (2 of 2)

full time

noun

Word Origin and History for full-time

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