"night shift" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: night shifts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} night shift (plural night shifts)
  1. A regularly scheduled period of work, during evening or night hours. Categories (topical): Night Translations (period): 夜班 (yèbān) (Chinese Mandarin), 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), 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), el turno nocturno [masculine] (Spanish), nattskift [neuter] (Swedish), gece vardiyası (Turkish), нічна зміна (nična zmina) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-night_shift-en-noun-WZR4mstc Disambiguation of Night: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'period': 100 0
  2. A group of workers who work during the night. Categories (topical): Night Synonyms: nightshift Derived forms: nightshifter Related terms: graveyard shift, shiftwork, be on nights 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), 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)
    Sense id: en-night_shift-en-noun-cVtn~O9H Disambiguation of Night: 48 52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'group of workers': 6 94

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      "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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