Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The time at which one goes to bed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The time to go to rest; the usual hour of going to bed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The time to go to bed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The
time orhour at which one typically retires to bed in order to sleep.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the time you go to bed
Etymologies
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Examples
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I don't know about you, but the term "story" for me is also associated with the term "bedtime story."
Bess Rowen: Once Upon a Storyteller Bess Rowen 2011
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I don't know about you, but the term "story" for me is also associated with the term "bedtime story."
Bess Rowen: Once Upon a Storyteller Bess Rowen 2011
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I don't know about you, but the term "story" for me is also associated with the term "bedtime story."
Bess Rowen: Once Upon a Storyteller Bess Rowen 2011
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I don't know about you, but the term "story" for me is also associated with the term "bedtime story."
Bess Rowen: Once Upon a Storyteller Bess Rowen 2011
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I don't know about you, but the term "story" for me is also associated with the term "bedtime story."
Bess Rowen: Once Upon a Storyteller Bess Rowen 2011
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And now every night bedtime is tears and fighting.
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His bedtime is about 6pm so I work from then until about eleven, and I work weekends, too.
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Wake up 6: 45 get home 5: 30, eat, read blogs, exercise, write, boyfriend talking, then bedtime is the current routine.
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Now for those of you who know me, my bedtime is 10: 30 at the very latest!
What A Weekend! Lauren Thomas 2009
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Introduce a regular story time, bedtime is the traditional favorite, but if you have time in the morning a cuddly reading session in bed can be nice too.
Early Reading – Can be Lots of Fun! « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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Learned a very relatable term today: “報復性熬夜” (revenge bedtime procrastination), a phenomenon in which people who don’t have much control over their daytime life refuse to sleep early in order to regain some sense of freedom during late night hours.
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Revenge bedtime procrastination is putting off sleep to gain more leisure time.
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Here you are again: It’s way past your bedtime on a weeknight, but you just can’t seem to make yourself go to bed. You had a long day of work and chores and now all you want is some me time. You know that, come morning, you’ll regret staying up so late (hello, third cup of coffee). But you’ll probably do it again tomorrow night, too. So, what gives? Turns out you might be suffering from a phenomenon recently dubbed revenge bedtime procrastination. “People procrastinate bedtime for the same reason people smoke and overeat and drink too much alcohol and don’t get physical exercise. Most of this has to do with short-term gain rather than long-term cost,” says Michael V. Vitiello, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine and a sleep specialist. The problem is, if you’re regularly not getting enough sleep, the potential long-term health costs start adding up. What is revenge bedtime procrastination? Basically, people who put off going to bed — even though they know they shouldn’t — may feel frustrated that they don’t have enough time in the day to do things that matter to them. It’s about getting “revenge” on the hours during the day with little free time, according to The Sleep Foundation. The concept has gained popularity during the pandemic, probably because many people have been working from home and experiencing a blurring of the lines between work and personal life, says Vitiello.
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