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full-time en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From full + time.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job.
    • I have a full-time job, working five days a week.
    • Bringing up a child is a full-time activity.
    • "I finished full-time work in 2005 and then switched to part time, because I liked working and it seemed a shame to leave something I enjoyed. 2021 January 13, Paul Stephen, “I'd like to do it all over again”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 46:
    • Recently in Sydney we met a male witch who claimed that witchcraft was his full-time occupation. 1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 69:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fulltime alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

part-time (involving a full amount of time)

Deriveds

full-time job · full-timer · full-time equivalent

Translations (36)

cmn 專職 /专职 (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · de Vollzeit- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · es de jornada completa (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · no heltids (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · gd làn-ùine (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · pl pełnoetatowy (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · uk пості́йна робо́та (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · es [a] tiempo completo (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · hu teljes munkaidős (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · da fuldtids- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fi kokopäivä- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · da heltids- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · hu nappali (tagozatos) (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · gd làn-thìde (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · nl voltijds (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · cmn 全職 /全职 (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · id purnawaktu (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · it a tempo pieno (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fi kokopäiväinen (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · hu teljes munkaidejű (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fi täysipäiväinen (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fi päätoiminen (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · ru за́нятый по́лное рабо́чее вре́мя (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · cmn 專任 /专任 (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · it full-time (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · sv heltids- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · pt de tempo integral (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · ja フルタイム (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fr plein temps (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · fr à temps plein (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · da heldags- (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · cy llawn-amser (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · it giornata intera (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · ko 상근의 (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · af voltyds (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity) · ko 풀타임의 (Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity)

full-time en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/
  • (US) audio

Etymology

From full + time.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Spending a full amount of time.
    • to work full-time
    • Area Boards are wholly part-time, but their Chairmen are members of the Commission and may work full-time in that capacity. 1960 September, “The Select Committee on Nationalised Industries examines British Railways”, in Trains Illustrated, page 524:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fulltime alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

part-time (spending a full amount of time)

Translations (16)

sv heltid (Spending a full amount of time) · fr à temps plein (Spending a full amount of time) · ko 상근으로 (Spending a full amount of time) · nb heltid (Spending a full amount of time) · ru на по́лное рабо́чее вре́мя (Spending a full amount of time) · it a tempo pieno (Spending a full amount of time) · nl voltijds (Spending a full amount of time) · nn heiltid (Spending a full amount of time) · ko 풀타임으로 (Spending a full amount of time) · fi kokopäiväisesti (Spending a full amount of time) · fi täysipäiväisesti (Spending a full amount of time) · ru на по́лную ставку (Spending a full amount of time) · fi päätoimisesti (Spending a full amount of time) · hu teljes munkaidőben (Spending a full amount of time) · fr à plein temps (Spending a full amount of time) · cy yn llawn-amser (Spending a full amount of time)