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EVENING SHIFT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does evening shift mean?
• EVENING SHIFT (noun)
The noun EVENING SHIFT has 2 senses:
1. the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
2. workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
Familiarity information: EVENING SHIFT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
evening shift; swing shift
Hypernyms ("evening shift" is a kind of...):
duty period; shift; work shift (the time period during which you are at work)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Workers who work during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("evening shift" is a kind of...):
shift (a crew of workers who work for a specific period of time)
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