"shiftwork" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: shift + work. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shift|work}} shift + work Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} shiftwork (uncountable)
  1. Scheduled work outside of customary daylight working hours. Tags: uncountable Translations (work outside customary working hours): iltatyö (english: evening) (Finnish), yötyö (english: night) (Finnish), viikonlopputyö (english: weekend) (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shiftwork-en-noun-ohUAK1wA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24 Disambiguation of 'work outside customary working hours': 96 4
  2. A mode of employment in which sets of workers are rotated to maintain a continuous 24/7 operation. Tags: uncountable Synonyms (mode of employment to maintain continuous 24/7 operation): three-shift work Translations (rotating mode of work): 輪班工作 (Chinese Mandarin), 轮班工作 (lúnbān gōngzuò) (Chinese Mandarin), turnus [common-gender] (Danish), vuorotyö (Finnish), kolmivuorotyö (Finnish), travail posté [masculine] (French), travail par équipes [masculine] (French), travail par quarts [Canada, masculine] (French), Schichtarbeit [feminine] (German), シフト勤務 (shifuto kinmu) (Japanese), 交代勤務 (kōtai kinmu) (alt: こうたいきんむ) (Japanese), mahi tīpako (Maori), сме́нная рабо́та (sménnaja rabóta) [feminine] (Russian), рабо́та по сме́нам (rabóta po sménam) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shiftwork-en-noun-3n0K4WQm Disambiguation of 'mode of employment to maintain continuous 24/7 operation': 5 95 Disambiguation of 'rotating mode of work': 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: shift work

Alternative forms

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