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part–time
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
part–time
(adjective)
part–time
/
ˈ
pɑɚt
ˈ
taɪm/
adjective
part–time
/
ˈ
pɑɚt
ˈ
taɪm/
adjective
Britannica Dictionary definition of PART–TIME
:
working or involving fewer hours than is considered normal or standard
part-time
employees/students
a
part-time
job
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—
compare
full-time
— part–time
adverb
She works
part-time
at the office.
I go to college
part-time
.
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— part–timer
/
ˈ
pɑɚtˌtaɪmɚ/
noun
,
plural
part–timers
[
count
]
Some of the employees are full-timers, but most of them are
part-timers
.
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