full-time
ˈfʊlˌtaɪm
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Adjective

1.
employmentinvolving a full amount of time for a job
  • She has a full-time position at the company.
permanent regular
2.
durationfor the entire time appropriate to an activity
  • The full-time schedule is demanding but rewarding.
continuous permanent regular

Adverb

1.
employmentworking or studying for the full hours
  • She works full-time at the hospital.
permanently regularly steadily
2.
commitmentdedicating all available time to an activity
  • He is training full-time for the marathon.
completely entirely
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Expressions with full-time

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employee who works the full number of hours
She is a full-time worker at the company.
program of study requiring regular study hours most days each week
She enrolled in a two-year full-time course in graphic design.
work arrangement where someone regularly works standard full weekly hours
After graduation, she found full-time employment at a local hospital.
student enrolled in enough classes to meet full institutional study load
To receive the scholarship, you must be a full-time student.
unit measuring total full-time hours worked by employees
The company has 50 full-time equivalent employees.

Origin of full-time

Old English, full (complete) + time (period)

Terms with full-time included in their meaning

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work hours
for less than the usual or full time
astronomy
time Earth takes for a full rotation
business
job with fewer weekly hours than a normal full-time position
work arrangement
employment arrangement where two people share the responsibilities of one full-time position
work schedule
one-fourth of a full-time schedule
military
period of full-time service in the military
military
full-time occupation in the military
employment
being a full-time employee

Examples of full-time in a sentence

  • The full-time staff receive additional benefits.
  • She accepted a full-time position at the company.
  • Full-time employees receive additional benefits.
  • He studies full-time while managing a part-time job.
  • She decided to work full-time after graduation.
  • She works full-time on her startup project.

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  1. French:à temps plein, à plein temps, ...
  2. German:Vollzeit, in Vollzeit, ...
  3. Italian:a tempo pieno, ...
  4. Spanish:de tiempo completo, ...
  5. Portuguese:integral, a tempo completo, ...
  6. Chinese:全职的, 全天, ...
  7. Japanese:フルタイムの, フルタイムで, ...
  8. Arabic:بِدَوَام كَامِل, بِشَكْلٍ كامِل, ...
  9. Hebrew:בְּמִשְׂרָה מְלֵאָה, בְּמִשְׂרָה מְלֵאָה, ...
  10. Russian:полный, на полную ставку, ...
  11. Ukrainian:повний, цілодобово, ...
  12. Hindi:पूर्णकालिक, समर्पित रूप से, ...
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