whole-time

adjective

full-time

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Meanings

adjectivewhole-time (not comparable)

alternative wholetime

  1. especiallynot comparablebusinessfull-time

    Whole-time employees with more than two years of service will be entitled to compensation, [...].

    1941 November, “Notes and News: Abandoning the Clogher Valley Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 514

Origin

From whole + time.

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APA

whole-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole-time

MLA

“whole-time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole-time. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whole-time,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whole-time.

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