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
: the amount of time considered the normal or standard amount for working during a given period
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Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Building clean power at scale Construction of the Broadwing facility is expected to create about 750 full-time jobs over the next four years and several dozen permanent roles once operations begin.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Two years later, the job transitioned into a full-time role with Apple TV.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
In a post on Reddit, the woman explained that her son works part-time at a grocery store and is supposed to be enrolled in college full-time.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
Paying the price for the company’s decisions are the 70 full-time park employees and hundreds of seasonal workers, along with the hundreds of thousands of annual guests who will have one less form of affordable entertainment.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Building clean power at scale Construction of the Broadwing facility is expected to create about 750 full-time jobs over the next four years and several dozen permanent roles once operations begin.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Two years later, the job transitioned into a full-time role with Apple TV.
—Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
In a post on Reddit, the woman explained that her son works part-time at a grocery store and is supposed to be enrolled in college full-time.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for full-time
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“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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