bedtime
- noun
- /ˈbɛdˌtaɪm/
- All right, guys, it's so past your bedtime, come on.
- a bedtime routine
- a bedtime story
- children's bedtime
Roll onto your temples or wrists before bedtime to foster sound sleep.
- Roll onto your temples or wrists before bedtime to foster sound sleep.
- I'm tired by that time that bedtime rolls around.
- Arguments before bedtime make it hard to fall asleep.
- Two hours before bedtime, stop working and one hour before bedtime, shut down the screens.
- So set your bedtime routine as your first priority.
- And it does seem to be pretty effective as a bedtime routine.
- Hi everyone, this is Iman and I'm going to show you my bedtime routine.
- I mean, Lando also plays Mad Libs, so he's getting bedtime stories.
- Not a bedtime tale, Nope, but I loved it.
- But had I had anything prepared, it would be bedtime for you all.
Examples
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I'm tired by that time that bedtime rolls around.
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My favorite part of the evening is reading a book to my daughter before her bedtime.
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This is not an ideal bedtime, but I got home super late.
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And now for a bedtime story.
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Time for your bedtime, I think.
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I suppose all this will make a great bedtime story to tell your kid.
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And it does seem to be pretty effective as a bedtime routine.
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And it became part of our bedtime routine.
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I think it's past your bedtime.
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Nothing should interfere with the bedtime habits; neither evening shows nor guests.
Academic text (1996)
How Late
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word bedtime is made from bed and time, literally the 'time' for the 'bed'. So bedtime means the usual hour when a person goes to sleep.