1
[ adjective ] for the entire time appropriate to an activity

Examples

"a full-time job"

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

The largest of these organizations at_present denies to the full_time educator any vote on the conduct and standards of the group and , indeed , refuses him even the right to attach the customary initials after his name in the college catalog .

Related terms

part-time regular

2
[ adjective ] for the entire time appropriate to an activity

Examples

"a full-time job"

Related terms

part-time regular

3
[ adverb ] for the standard number of hours

Examples

"she works full-time"

Used in print

([Anonymous,] "The Attack on Employee Services"...)

Can your plant nurse be replaced by a trained first-aid man who works full-time on some_other assignment ?

(The Family Fallout Shelter. Office of Civil and Defence...)

You should be prepared to stay in your shelter full_time for at_least several days and to make it your home for 14 days or longer .

Related terms

half-time

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