night shift

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [nahyt shift]
- /naɪt ʃɪft/
- /naɪt ʃɪft/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [nahyt shift]
- /naɪt ʃɪft/

Definitions of night shift words

noun night shift the work force, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the nighttime. 1
noun night shift the scheduled period of labor for this work force. 1
noun night shift nocturnal work period 1
noun night shift a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked 0
noun night shift the period worked 0

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Origin of night shift

First appearance:

before 1700

One of the 50% oldest English words

First recorded in 1700-10

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Parts of speech for Night shift

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Night shift

night shift popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% 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.

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Synonyms for night shift

noun night shift

anchor watch — a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
dogwatch — Nautical. either of two two-hour watches, the first from 4 to 6 p.m., the latter from 6 to 8 p.m.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
graveyard watch — graveyard shift.
lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).

All 5 Synonyms of night shift