bedtime

CEFRA2

/ˈbɛdtaɪm/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    the time you go to bed.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The time or hour at which one retires to bed in order to sleep.

Examples

  • Time for a hot bath, and then it's bedtime.

  • He reads before bedtime.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2

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In context

  • I read every evening, sometimes late into the night, with the help of kerosene lamps, often secretly, past my bedtime.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bedtyme, bed-tyme, bedetyme, bedde tyme, equivalent to bed + time. Compare earlier Old English bedtīd (“bedtime”). Compare also West Frisian bêdtiid (“bedtime”), Dutch bedtijd (“bedtime”), Saterland Frisian Bädegungenstied (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”), German Low German Beddgahnstied, Bettgahnstiet (“bedtime”, literally “bed-goings-time”).