full-time

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adjective

1
: employed for or involving full time
full-time employees
full-time work
2
: devoting one's full attention and energies to something
a full-time gambler
full-time adverb

full time

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noun

: the amount of time considered the normal or standard amount for working during a given period

Examples of full-time in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
His former teammate Helen (Juliet Rylance), now his wife, has given up that life to be a full-time mom to their cute-as-a-button young daughter Ruby (Cece Valentina). Courtney Howard, Variety, 13 Mar. 2024 At the end of 2023, Repay employed 512 full-time staffers, according to a regulatory filing. Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2024 That’s based on earnings data for full-time, year-round workers from the US Census in 2022, which was the most recent full-year data set available. Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024 Men’s and women’s labor was valued almost equally across occupations in the Miami suburb Pembroke Pines, where just $46 separated the annual median full-time earnings of these two groups. Roxana Popescu, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2024 The city also told the station Assistant Chief of Police Homer Delgado will be named Interim Chief of Police until a full-time replacement can be appointed. Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Mar. 2024 More In: International Space Station Elon Musk Boeing NASA SpaceX William Harwood Bill Harwood has been covering the U.S. space program full-time since 1984, first as Cape Canaveral bureau chief for United Press International and now as a consultant for CBS News. William Harwood, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2024 Blake Harrison, who played samples, noise, and other sound design in Pig Destroyer as a full-time member between 2006 and 2022, has died, Blabbermouth.net reports. Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2024 Bird went on to study at Goldsmiths, University of London, but dropped out after two years to pursue a career in music full-time. Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1834, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun

1821, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of full-time was in 1821

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Cite this Entry

“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

full-time

adjective
ˈfu̇l-ˈtīm
: working or involving the full number of hours considered normal or standard
a full-time job
full-time employees
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