day shift

See also: dayshift

English

Noun

day shift (plural day shifts)

1. Regularly scheduled work during daylight hours, especially 8AM to 4PM.
   • 2006, Roberto Refinetti, Circadian physiology, volume 1, page 580:

     It is generally believed that when rotating shifts are necessary the rotation should move clockwise (that is, day shift first, then swing shift, then graveyard shift, then back to day shift, and so on)

Synonyms

• (regularly scheduled work during daylight): first shift

Coordinate terms

• graveyard shift
• night shift
• swing shift

Translations

A scheduled work during daylight hours

• French: poste de jour (fr) m
• Polish: dzienna zmiana (pl) f, dniówka (pl) f
• Russian: дневна́я сме́на f (dnevnája sména)

See also

• be on days