Part-time means working or studying for only part of the usual time. The opposite is full-time. The word describes both the job (a part-time job) and the way someone works (I work part-time), with no preposition.
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work/study + part-time; a part-time job/course/student; part-time vs full-time; go part-time
- During university I had a part-time job in a café, three evenings a week.
- After the baby was born, she went part-time and now works only in the mornings.
- Many adults do a part-time master's degree while keeping their full-time jobs.
What changed
First versionI'm looking for a part-time work in the evenings.
RevisionI'm looking for a part-time job in the evenings.
Work in the sense of “a job in general” is uncountable, so it doesn't take a. If you mean a specific position, say a part-time job. Without the article, work is also correct: I'm looking for part-time work.
Part-time isn't only about work. A part-time student studies fewer hours a week than a full-time one, usually combining study with a job: She's a part-time student, so she has lectures twice a week.
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I work ___ in a bookshop, just on Saturdays.
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part-time — Working only on Saturdays is part-time, and part-time on its own already says how you work: work part-time. Native speakers don't put on in front of it here.
Write about a job or course that someone combines with something else. Say how many hours or days a week it takes.
My brother works part-time at a gym, about twenty hours a week, while he finishes his degree.
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