Definition of Day shift

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

Generic synonyms: Duty Period, Shift, Work Shift

2. Noun. Workers who work during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.).
Exact synonyms: Day Watch
Generic synonyms: Shift

Definition of Day shift

1. Noun. Regularly scheduled work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Day Shift

day of the week
day off
day one
day or night
day out
day pack
day packs
day pupil
day pupils
day release
day residue
day return
day room
day rooms
day school
day shift
day shifts
day sight
day sign
day signs
day time
day to day
day trade
day trader
day trading
day trip
day trips
day watch
dayaks
daybeam

Literary usage of Day shift

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Who's Minding the Kids: Child Care Arrangements Fall 1991 by Lynne M. Casper (1994)
"For example, among women who worked full-time, day shift workers were more ... On the other hand, non-day shift workers were more likely than day shift ..."

2. Industrial Fatigue and Efficiency by Horace Middleton Vernon (1921)
"Half of them were on day shift and half on night shift, and they worked a 63 hour week in each case. The shifts started at 6 am and 6 pm, and the hours of ..."

3. Comparison of an Eight-hour Plant and a Ten-hour Plant by Josephine Clara Goldmark, Mary Della Hopkins (1920)
"8 points in the corresponding hour of the day shift. These heavy losses are the more striking ... 4 points between the final two hours of the day shift. ..."

4. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"... 1 foreman (day shift only) 75.00 6 signal men (2 for each shift) 45.00 12 to 16 laborers (day shift only) 1.60 2 and sometimes 3 teams (day shift only) ..."

5. Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon by Oregon Supreme Court (1917)
"... that there were a night shift and a day shift; that the rule was for him to work two weeks on the night shift, and then two weeks on the day shift; ..."

6. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1915)
"That, on the «aid day shift, seven holes were drilled by the opposite partners ... "The plaintiff claims: That, on the day shift immediately preceding the ..."

7. The Case for the Shorter Work Day. Franklin O. Bunting, Plaintiff in Error by Felix Frankfurter, Josephine Clara Goldmark, Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1915)
"The original two-shift system was made up as follows: A day shift from 7 am to 5 pm, with an hour's break—12 noon to 1 pm On Saturdays the week ended at 12 ..."

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