English Dictionary
Definition of “night shift”
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night shift
Definitions
noun
- a group of workers who work a shift during the night in an industry or occupation where a day shift or a back shift is also worked
- the period worked
See also
back shiftTranslations for 'night shift'
- British English: night shift
If a group of factory workers, nurses, or other people work the night shift, they work during the night before being replaced by another group, so that there is always a group working.naɪt ʃɪft NOUN - Arabic: نَوْبَةٌ لَيْلِيَةٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: turno noturno
- Chinese: 夜班
- Croatian: noćna smjena
- Czech: noční směna
- Danish: nattehold
- Dutch: nachtploeg
- European Spanish: turno de noche
- Finnish: yövuoro
- French: équipe de nuit
- German: Nachtschicht
- Greek: νυχτερινή βάρδια
- Italian: turno di notte
- Japanese: 夜勤
- Korean: 야간근무 교대조
- Norwegian: nattskift
- Polish: nocna zmiana
- Portuguese: turno da noite
- Romanian: tura de noapte ture de noapte
- Russian: ночная смена
- Spanish: turno de noche
- Swedish: nattskift
- Thai: กะกลางคืน
- Turkish: gece nöbeti
- Ukrainian: нічна зміна
- Vietnamese: ca đêm
Example Sentences Including 'night shift'
Around 800 workers at Shorts have been switched from night shift to a new evening shift which offers a reduced bonus.Belfast Telegraph (2003)
He was working the night shift , but he could always get -someone else to cover - young Stringer, maybe, always so eager to please.AMAGANSETT (2004)
I was a qualified doctor so I worked in the emergency room on night shift , which nobody wanted.New Scientist (2004)
It could of been one of the women worked there on night shift -'Or one of the guests?YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
On my way out yesterday morning though, the night shift looked a bit jaded.Belfast Telegraph (2004)
The stoppage began at 10 p. m. on Sunday when 2,000 Daimler-Chrysler workers failed to show for the night shift.Irish Times (2002)
They generally work two months of day shift followed by two months of night shift , so their bodies have time to adjust.Australian News Misc (2004)
Work on a night shift may be paid for at a higher rate than that on a day shift.Business Studies Basic Facts
`Lot of sickness in Portering at the moment, and the night shift 's right down.Night Sisters
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