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full-time

full-time

324 2.6
For the whole normal working time for a job or course
  • adjective
  • /fʊl taɪm/
translation icon : a tiempo completo
  • He works full-time at the company as a data analyst.
  • a full-time job
  • work full-time
  • full-time employment

He would like to quit his full time job a year early.

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Examples

  • This is my full time job, this is all I do.

  • I'm in school full time trying to become a sports agent.

  • Why did you choose writing full time instead of music full time?

  • You also became a full time single dad, correct?

  • I thought she was a full time manager at a fast food place.

  • Her now late husband was a full time worker all his life.

  • This massive effort was coordinated from Washington by a full time staff of four.

  • And now we've lived here full time for two years.

  • I've only been full time for the last five years.

  • We've got three kids at home, so that's a full-time job right there.

Antonyms

131 1.6

Working fewer hours than in a full-time job

4 3.2

Working or happening for only half the usual hours

How Much

continuous
141 3.7
full-time
324 2.6
part-time
51 1.4
occasional
285 2.8

Surface Forms

full-time positive

Morphology

full-time = full + time (transparent) = full + time

The meaning is directly derived from the combination of 'full' and 'time', indicating the entire duration of a standard period.

Etymology

Full-time is made from the parts full meaning 'complete' and time meaning 'a period' or 'hours'. So, a full-time job is one you do for the whole normal hours or whole working period, not just part of it.