"night shift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: night shifts [plural]
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  1. A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours. Categories (topical): Night Translations (period): 夜班 (yèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 大夜班 (dàyèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 大夜 (dàyè) (Chinese Mandarin), noční směna [feminine] (Czech), nachtdienst (Dutch), yövuoro (Finnish), poste de nuit [masculine] (French), Nachtschicht [feminine] (German), νυχτερινή βάρδια (nychteriní várdia) [feminine] (Greek), turno di notte [masculine] (Italian), turno notturno [masculine] (Italian), terzo turno [masculine] (Italian), terza (english: la) [feminine] (Italian), notte (english: la) [feminine] (Italian), 夜勤 (yakin) (alt: やきん) (Japanese), 야근 (yageun) (Korean), nòt f or nòcc (english: la) [feminine] (Lombard), terza f or terz (el) (la) [masculine] (Lombard), ноќна смена (noḱna smena) [feminine] (Macedonian), nattskift [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nattskift [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nocna zmiana [feminine] (Polish), nocka [feminine] (Polish), turno da noite [masculine] (Portuguese), turno noturno [masculine] (Portuguese), ночна́я сме́на (nočnája sména) [feminine] (Russian), nočná zmena [feminine] (Slovak), el turno nocturno [masculine] (Spanish), nattskift [neuter] (Swedish), gece vardiyası (Turkish), нічна зміна (nična zmina) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A group of workers who work during the night. Categories (topical): Night Synonyms: nightshift Derived forms: nightshifter Related terms: at night, be on nights, night job, nightly, night owl, shiftwork Translations (group of workers): 夜班職員 (Chinese Mandarin), 夜班职员 (yèbān zhíyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), nachtdienst (Dutch), yövuoro (Finnish), équipe de nuit [feminine] (French), Nachtschicht [feminine] (German), νυχτερινή βάρδια (nychteriní várdia) [feminine] (Greek), ноќна смена (noḱna smena) [feminine] (Macedonian), nattskift [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), nattskift [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), nocna zmiana [feminine] (Polish), turno da noite [masculine] (Portuguese), turno noturno [masculine] (Portuguese), ночна́я сме́на (nočnája sména) [feminine] (Russian), nattskift [neuter] (Swedish), gececiler (Turkish), нічна зміна (nična zmina) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "word": "yövuoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "équipe de nuit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Nachtschicht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "nychteriní várdia",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "νυχτερινή βάρδια"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "noḱna smena",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ноќна смена"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nattskift"
        },
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nattskift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "nocna zmiana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "turno da noite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "turno noturno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nočnája sména",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ночна́я сме́на"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "nattskift"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "word": "gececiler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "nična zmina",
          "sense": "group of workers",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "нічна зміна"
        }
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}
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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
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      "word": "nightshifter"
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      "word": "at night"
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    {
      "word": "be on nights"
    },
    {
      "word": "night job"
    },
    {
      "word": "nightly"
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    {
      "word": "night owl"
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          "text": "Near-synonym: graveyard shift (sometimes coordinate)"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèbān",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "夜班"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàyèbān",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "大夜班"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàyè",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "大夜"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "noční směna"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "nachtdienst"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "yövuoro"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poste de nuit"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachtschicht"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nychteriní várdia",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νυχτερινή βάρδια"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno di notte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno notturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "terzo turno"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "la",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "english": "la",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "notte"
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      "alt": "やきん",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yakin",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "夜勤"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yageun",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "야근"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "english": "la",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nòt f or nòcc"
    },
    {
      "code": "lmo",
      "lang": "Lombard",
      "roman": "la",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "terza f or terz (el)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "noḱna smena",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ноќна смена"
    },
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nattskift"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "nattskift"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "nocna zmiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nocka"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno da noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno noturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnája sména",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ночна́я сме́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nočná zmena"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "el turno nocturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nattskift"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "period",
      "word": "gece vardiyası"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nična zmina",
      "sense": "period",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нічна зміна"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "word": "夜班職員"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèbān zhíyuán",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "word": "夜班职员"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "word": "nachtdienst"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "word": "yövuoro"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "équipe de nuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nachtschicht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "nychteriní várdia",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "νυχτερινή βάρδια"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "noḱna smena",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ноќна смена"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nattskift"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nattskift"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nocna zmiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno da noite"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turno noturno"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nočnája sména",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ночна́я сме́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nattskift"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "word": "gececiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nična zmina",
      "sense": "group of workers",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "нічна зміна"
    }
  ],
  "word": "night shift"
}

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