EVENING SHIFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evening shift mean? 

• EVENING SHIFT (noun)
  The noun EVENING SHIFT has 2 senses:

1. the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

2. workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

  Familiarity information: EVENING SHIFT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EVENING SHIFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

evening shift; swing shift

Hypernyms ("evening shift" is a kind of...):

duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("evening shift" is a kind of...):

shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)