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
Examples of full-time in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The head of the foundation is Francisco Petrirena, whose full-time job is chief of staff to City Manager Art Noriega.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Atharva Gosavi Atharva is a full-time content writer with a post-graduate degree in media & amp; entertainment and a graduate degree in electronics & telecommunications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The Skydance mogul sent a companywide memo to employees of Paramount Pictures, CBS, Paramount+, Showtime, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET and Comedy Central outlining a policy for full-time staffers in New York and Los Angeles to work in-office by January 2026, moving toward five days a week on site.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for full-time
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Adjective
The new Utah location is expected to include a travel center spanning 74,000 square feet with 120 fueling stations, multiple EV chargers and 200 full-time employees.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
The head of the foundation is Francisco Petrirena, whose full-time job is chief of staff to City Manager Art Noriega.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
Atharva Gosavi Atharva is a full-time content writer with a post-graduate degree in media & amp; entertainment and a graduate degree in electronics & telecommunications.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2025
The Skydance mogul sent a companywide memo to employees of Paramount Pictures, CBS, Paramount+, Showtime, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET and Comedy Central outlining a policy for full-time staffers in New York and Los Angeles to work in-office by January 2026, moving toward five days a week on site.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for full-time
Cite this Entry
“Full-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/full-time. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share