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    WORK SHIFT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The time period during which you are at workplay

    Synonyms:

    duty period; shift; work shift

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

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

    hours (a period of time assigned for work)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "work shift"):

    go; spell; tour; turn (a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else))

    trick (a period of work or duty)

    watch (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)

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

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

    graveyard shift; night shift (the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.))

    split shift (a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between)

    Holonyms ("work shift" is a part of...):

    workday; working day (the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage)

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