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Definition: Day Shift |
Day ShiftNoun1. The work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). 2. Workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Day ShiftSynonym: day watch (n). (additional references) |
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![]() | The "trip" coming out of the mines at the end of the day shift. Maidsville, West Virginia. This mine had many safety regulations. The men must be seated until motor is stopped and then the cars emptied, one by one. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Striking copper miners picketing company store while waiting for scabs to come from day shift. Ducktown, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | California Shipbuilding Corporation, Wilmington, California. Workmen waiting to board a ferry at the end of the day shift. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | New Britain, Connecticut. Workers on day shift at the Fafnir Bearing Company. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guatemala | For day shift workers the standard, six-day work week is 44 hours; for night shift workers it is 36 hours; for swing shift workers it is 42 hours. (references) |
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| Language | Translations for "day shift"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | turn i parë, turn i ditës. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | дневна смяна. (various references) | |
Chinese | 白班' . (various references) | |
Czech | denní smìna. (various references) | |
Greek | βάρδια τησ ημέρασ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | nappali mûszak, nappali műszak. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 日勤 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | にっき". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ayday iftshay.(various references) | |
Russian | дневная смена (day-shift, day-tripper). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dnevna smena. (various references) | |
Spanish | turno de día. (various references) | |
Turkish | gündüz vardiyası, gündüz şifti. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | денна зміна. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: dayshift. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-h-i-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: faiths, shifty. | |
-3 letters: adits, daisy, dashi, dashy, dishy, ditas, ditsy, faith, fiats, fishy, hadst, hafis, hafts, hasty, saith, sayid, shady, shaft, shift, staid, tsadi. | |
-4 letters: adit, aids, aits, ashy, daft, dahs, dais, dash, days, dish, dita, dits, fads, fash, fast, fats, fays, fiat, fids, fish, fist, fits, haft, hast, hats, hays, hist, hits. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-f-h-i-s-t-y" | |
+1 letter: dayshifts. | |
+4 letters: farsightedly. | |
+5 letters: standoffishly. | |
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