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full time

1

[ fool tahym ]

noun

  1. the number of hours in a period, as a day, week, or month, considered customary for pursuing an activity, especially working at a job: : FT, F/T Compare part time ( def ).

    The factory now operates on full time.



full-time

2

[ fool-tahym ]

adjective

  1. working or operating the customary or requisite number of hours in each day, week, or month:

    a full-time housekeeper;

    full-time production.

  2. being indefinitely employed by one company for the customary or requisite number of hours: Compare freelance ( def 1 ).

    Only full-time employees are eligible for healthcare.

adverb

  1. on a full-time basis; on a schedule corresponding to the customary number of working or operational hours.

full-time

1

adjective

  1. for the entire time appropriate to an activity

    a full-time job

    a full-time student



adverb

  1. on a full-time basis

    he works full time

full time

2

noun

  1. the end of a football or other match Compare half-time

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Derived Forms

  • ˌfull-ˈtimer, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of full time1

First recorded in 1910–15

Origin of full time2

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

Releasing two, fully produced music videos per month is way more than a full time job.

But Jeff, who began his foray into pot gastronomy as a hobby, is rapidly turning it into a full-time pot-repreneurial business.

Three of the six members of the group work on the channel full time, but Sep has a full time job as a mechanical engineer.

She certainly does not feel the need for a full time dressmaker like Angela Kelly.

A graduate of Wake Forest University, she taught high-school English for six years before becoming a full-time mom and writer.

There ain't enough to keep him on full time, but we send for him whenever we need him.

He may have been in and out of there off and on but he didn't spend full time there that long.

He has had the benefit of full time, and good counsel, and of the Commonwealth's process, to bring in his witnesses.

We went on slowly, as such a match must, occasionally pausing to cool our barrels, and taking full time with the loading.

But now that my friends were interesting themselves, I thought it full time that I should be looking after affairs myself.

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