DUTY PERIOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)