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full time

noun

as a full-time employee, student, etc. to work full time

full-time Definition

full·-time (fo̵ol′tīm′)

adjective

designating, of, or engaged in work, study, etc. for certain time periods regarded as constituting one's full regular working hours

full-time Usage Examples

Preposition: over

  • year: The program can be taken either full-time over one year or part-time over two years.

Modifies a noun

  • employment: Working anything from just a few hours a week to more regular part-time or full-time employment.
  • student: Full-time students are expected to complete their PhD within three years.
  • equivalent: The broad not-for-profit sector now employs the full-time equivalent of 1.5m staff, with a collective annual turnover of £ 46bn.
  • education: Once a young person reaches 19 being in full-time education should not prevent them from getting IB.
  • employe: Median earnings of full-time male employees were £ 462 per week in April 2004; for women the median was £ 358.
  • undergraduate: University of Dundee has over 18,000 Students ( including 9,500 full-time undergraduates ) across seven faculties.

Modifying Another Word

  • either: The program can be taken either full-time over one year or part-time over two years.
  • almost: I have now joined Aston almost full-time and am really looking forward to establishing a new research team within the Pharmacology Research group.
  • not: We are few, we are not full-time politicians, and we lack resources.
  • here: If you give up your degree, you can train here full-time.

Noun used with modifier

  • date: Start date Full-time: October Part-time: throughout the year.
  • start: Start date Full-time: October Part-time: throughout the year.

Infinitive complement

  • complete: HNDs take two years full-time to complete, or longer part-time.

Used with adjective complement

  • employ: If you are new to teaching and employed full-time in a school, the program will take three terms or one academic year.
  • appoint: The decision to appoint full-time Line Secretaries came to late to relieve Walkden of the stress he had been under for some years.
  • study: You may study full-time, part-time or by distance learning.
  • work: Would you work full-time, part-time, or not at all?
  • teach: At present I am again teaching full-time ( unqualified status ) at Archers Court.
  • write: After a variety of jobs ranging from dishwashing to marketing, she now writes full-time.