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DUTY PERIOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The time period during which you are at work
Synonyms:
duty period; shift; work shift
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("duty period" is a kind of...):
hours (a period of time assigned for work)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "duty period"):
go; spell; tour; turn (a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else))
trick (a period of work or duty)
watch (a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty)
day shift (the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.))
evening shift; swing shift (the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight))
graveyard shift; night shift (the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.))
split shift (a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between)
Holonyms ("duty period" is a part of...):
workday; working day (the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage)
