DAY SHIFT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does day shift mean? 

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

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.)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAY SHIFT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("day 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 day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

day shift; day watch

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

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

 Context examples 

Participants whose sleep duration varied more than one hour were more likely to be African-Americans, work non-day shift schedules, smoke, and have shorter sleep duration.

(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)