part-time
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1.6
- adjective
- /ˈpɑrtˌtaɪm/
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a tiempo parcial
- As a matter of fact, I've got a part-time job as a pro at Kamal's club.
- a part-time job
- on a part-time basis
- part-time employment
John Carmack who's a part time Oculus CTO.
- John Carmack who's a part time Oculus CTO.
- because all the jobs I had outside of McDonald's were part-time sales jobs. I sold clothes.
- And the day that I decided that I was going to become a part time amateur litigator.
- A lot of the employees are part time, so they also have other jobs that they work on.
- He was, he's actually a part time firefighter for the, for the, for the town.
- Well I can't help them go to college unless I take a part time job.
- A lot of people are bartenders, caterers, anything that's part time.
- And so you know what, let me just take a part time job.
- Hey, girlie, are you looking for a part time job?
- And so I got here immediately started looking for part time work just wherever I could get it.
- And I was still, I was at college, so I was working about four or five part time jobs, just like cleaning.
- So I was leaving active duty, the National Guard, they're they're part time soldiers and full time civilians.
Examples
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In our senior year, Jack took a part-time job waiting tables in the Violet Cafe.
Fiction book (2001) -
You can make more money working part time at minimum wage.
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A lot of the employees are part time, so they also have other jobs that they work on.
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And even as a part time master student, he was already doing research.
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Maybe it's time for you to have a full time or part time marketing coordinator.
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Students who worked full- or part-time reported consuming more than students who did not work.
Academic text (2012) -
Martha had been working in the private sector before becoming a part-time faculty member at a community college.
Academic text (2015) -
Of the 11 students accepted thus far, five are part-time and six are full-time students.
Academic text (2008) -
She works part-time in a bookstore.
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She enjoys her part-time job because it allows her to study in the evenings.
Synonyms
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3.2
Working or happening for only half the usual hours
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word part-time is made from part and time, where part means 'a piece' and time means 'hours'. It describes a job or course that uses only a piece of the usual working hours, not full hours, so a part-time position is less than a full-time one.