Meaning & use
part-time
Involving or working fewer hours than the usual full working week.
See it in a sentence
She took a part-time job at the bookstore while finishing her degree.
He decided to work part-time so he could spend more mornings with his kids.
A note on using this word
Part-time can act as an adjective before a noun, as in a part-time job, or as an adverb, as in working part-time.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
full-time
Another way to use it
2. adverb
For fewer than the usual full number of working hours.
He now works part-time, coming in only three days a week.
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