смена — meaning in English

smena

English meaning

alternation noun The way two (or occasionally more) things take turns happening, one after the other, again and again.
change verb To become different, or to make something different.
commutation noun The act of swapping one thing for another.
duty noun Something a person is morally or legally obligated to do.
shift verb To move something from one place or position to another.

смена is used for these senses in English:

alternation The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
change (countable) A replacement.
commutation (obsolete) A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
duty (engineering) The efficiency of an engine in work done per unit of fuel; particularly, the number of pounds of water which a steam pumping engine can raise one foot by burning one bushel or hundredweight of coal.
shift A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
vicissitude Regular change or succession from one thing to another, or one part of a cycle to the next; alternation; mutual succession; interchange; variability.

noun The way two (or occasionally more) things take turns happening, one after the other, again and again.
noun (In church) Speaking that goes back and forth between the minister and the congregation.
noun (grammar) A case where a sentence can be built in more than one way while keeping the same meaning.
noun (Logic) The operation known as "inclusive or".

verb To become different, or to make something different.
verb To replace one thing with another, such as clothes or a diaper.
verb To switch from one train, bus, or vehicle to another during a journey.
noun The act or result of becoming different.
noun Coins given back after paying with a larger amount of money than the price.