"day shift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: day shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} day shift (plural day shifts)
  1. Regularly scheduled work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM. Categories (topical): Day Synonyms (regularly scheduled work during daylight): first shift Related terms: be on days Coordinate_terms: graveyard shift, night shift, swing shift Translations (A scheduled work during daylight hours): poste de jour [masculine] (French), dzienna zmiana [feminine] (Polish), dniówka [feminine] (Polish), дневна́я сме́на (dnevnája sména) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-day_shift-en-noun-yA82gXPg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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