Definition of Full-time

1. Adjective. For the entire time appropriate to an activity. "A full-time job"

Similar to: Regular
Antonyms: Part-time

2. Adverb. For the standard number of hours. "She works full-time"
Antonyms: Half-time

Definition of Full-time

1. Adjective. Involving a full amount of time spent on some activity, especially a job. ¹

2. Adverb. Spending a full amount of time. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Full-time

full-of-the-moon
full-on
full-out
full-page
full-powered
full-scale
full-size
full-stop
full-strength
full-stretch
full-term
full-thickness burn
full-thickness flap
full-thickness graft
full-throated
full-time (current term)
full-time equivalent
full-timer
full-timers
full-wave rectifier
full-width
full English
full English breakfast
full English breakfasts
full adder
full admiral
full and by
full as a goog
full back
full bar

Literary usage of Full-time

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"College (five years' full-time Diploma course and two ¡cars' part-time course ... Department of Architecture (five years' full-time day course and eight ..."

2. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne M. Casper (1994)
"Figure 3 shows that preschool children of mothers employed full-time were less ... On the other hand, full-time working mothers relied more heavily on child ..."

3. Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics, 1990: Data for (1993)
"1990 Item description Personnel Number of agencies by number of full—time sworn officers: County police (n=34) Type of agency Municipal Special police ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"If they со <*fih to teach full-time, they are : erally consigned to the ranks of turers and instructors. where they not eligible for sabbatical leaves ..."

5. Canada by Publi Oecd Published by Oecd Publishing (2005)
"full-time employment/population ratios by gender and age %90 80 70 60 40 in Canada, 1980-2004 full-time employment as a share of the population 90% Men 80 ..."

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