full-time
/ˌfʊl ˈtaɪm/adjective
उच्चारण फ़ुल टाइम
पूर्णकालिक, फ़ुल-टाइम
Core word
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[usually before noun]
for all the hours of the day or the week in which people normally work or study
पूर्णकालिक, फ़ुल-टाइम
- He has a full-time job in a government office.
- full-time students
- Looking after a newborn baby is a full-time job.
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- She has a full-time teaching job at a girls' school.
- A full-time student cannot work during the day.
- The company is looking for a full-time accountant.
Opposite part-time
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for all the hours of the day or the week in which people normally work or study
पूर्णकालिक रूप से, फ़ुल-टाइम
- Radhika now works full-time at a bank in Jaipur.
- He left his job to prepare full-time for the exam.
- Ramesh studies full-time and works at night.
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- The shop employs six people full-time.
- After her degree, she plans to work full-time.
Opposite part-time
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
full-time + noun (adjective)
Full-time before a noun describes a job or course that fills the normal working hours. It is written with a hyphen.
Noun से पहले 'full-time' उस नौकरी या पाठ्यक्रम का वर्णन करता है जो सामान्य कामकाजी घंटों को पूरा भरता है। इसमें hyphen लगता है।
- Radhika found a full-time job in a bank.
- He is a full-time student at the university.
work / study full-time (adverb)
After a verb, full-time is an adverb meaning for all the normal hours. Without a hyphen it can also be written as full time.
क्रिया के बाद 'full-time' adverb है, जिसका अर्थ सामान्य घंटों के पूरे समय के लिए है।
- She works full-time at the hospital.
- He studies full-time for the civil services exam.
work full-time vs be full-time
As a predicate adjective, full-time follows be: the post is full-time.
Predicate विशेषण के रूप में 'full-time' 'be' के बाद आता है: 'the post is full-time'।
- The post of librarian is full-time.
full-time (noun: end of a match)
In football, full-time is the end of the match. It is a noun, written as full-time or full time.
फुटबॉल में 'full-time' मैच के अंत को कहते हैं। यह noun है।
- At full-time the score was two goals each.
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full-time + job noun
jobworkemploymentpositionteacheremployee
- She left her full-time job to start a business.
full-time + study noun
studentcoursedegreeeducationstudy
- He joined a full-time degree course after school.
verb + full-time
workstudyteachplayvolunteer
- She plans to teach full-time next year.
full-time + parent noun
motherfathercarerparentstudent
- He became a full-time carer for his grandfather.
contrast
part-timefull-time or part-timego full-timefull-time basis
- She moved from part-time to full-time work.
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- The bank is looking for full-time clerks in rural branches.
बैंक ग्रामीण शाखाओं के लिए पूर्णकालिक क्लर्क ढूँढ रहा है।
- Radhika works full-time and studies in the evening.
राधिका पूरा समय काम करती है और शाम को पढ़ाई करती है।
- Becoming a full-time writer is his dream.
पूर्णकालिक लेखक बनना उसका सपना है।
- The school appointed three full-time teachers this year.
विद्यालय ने इस वर्ष तीन पूर्णकालिक शिक्षक नियुक्त किए।
- The referee blew the whistle for full-time.
रेफ़री ने मैच समाप्ति की सीटी बजाई।
!Common mistakes 1
✗ She works in a full-time basis.
✓ She works on a full-time basis.
The usual phrase is on a full-time basis, with on.
सही प्रयोग 'on a full-time basis' है, जिसमें 'on' आता है।
≠Thesaurus: which synonym when
Both describe working hours, but one is the whole and the other is a part.
दोनों कामकाजी घंटों का वर्णन करते हैं, पर एक पूरा समय है और दूसरा उसका एक भाग।
For all the normal working or study hours of a week.
सप्ताह के सभी सामान्य कामकाजी या पढ़ाई के घंटों के लिए।
- She has a full-time post at the college.
For only some of the normal hours.
सामान्य घंटों के केवल कुछ भाग के लिए।
- He teaches part-time in the evening.
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
Antonyms
?Which word?
Do not confuse full-time (all the normal working hours) and full time (the end of a football or hockey match in British English).
Full-time (काम या पढ़ाई के सभी सामान्य घंटे) और full time (British English में football या hockey match का अंत) को आपस में confuse न करें।