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Day Shift

Definition: Day Shift

Day Shift

Noun

1. 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 Shift

Synonym: day watch (n). (additional references)

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Photo Album: Day Shift

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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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Day Shift

SubjectTopicQuote

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Day Shift

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.

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Anagrams: Day Shift

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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