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day shift

[ dey shift ]

noun

  1. the workforce, as of a factory, scheduled to work during the daytime.
  2. the scheduled period of labor for this workforce.


day shift

noun

  1. 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
  2. the period worked
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of day shift1

First recorded in 1870–75
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