day shift

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [dey shift]
- /deɪ ʃɪft/
- /deɪ ʃɪft/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey shift]
- /deɪ ʃɪft/

Definitions of day shift words

noun day shift a group of workers who work a shift during the daytime in an industry or occupation where a night shift or a back shift is also worked 3
noun day shift the period worked 3
noun day shift the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the daytime. 1
noun day shift the scheduled period of labor for this work force. 1
noun day shift daytime work period 1
noun day shift daytime worker 1

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Origin of day shift

First appearance:

before 1870

One of the 26% newest English words

First recorded in 1870-75

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Parts of speech for Day shift

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Day shift

day shift popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

day shift usage trend in Literature

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