BEDTIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bedtime mean? 

• BEDTIME (noun)
  The noun BEDTIME has 1 sense:

1. the time you go to bed

  Familiarity information: BEDTIME used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BEDTIME (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time you go to bed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("bedtime" is a kind of...):

hour; time of day (clock time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bedtime"):

lights-out (a prescribed bedtime)

 Context examples 

Increasing sleep duration or bedtime variability was strongly associated with multiple metabolic and simultaneous problems such as lower HDL cholesterol and higher waist circumference, blood pressure, total triglycerides, and fasting glucose.

(Study links irregular sleep patterns to metabolic disorders, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Study participants, ages 17-42, wore short wavelength-blocking glasses three hours before bedtime for two weeks, while still performing their nightly digital routine.

(Artificial Light of Digital Devices Lessens Sleep Quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Vincent Spaulding did what he could to cheer me up, but by bedtime I had reasoned myself out of the whole thing.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

When scheduled 1-2 hours before bedtime, it can also hasten the speed of falling asleep by an average of 10 minutes.

(Bathing 90 minutes before bedtime can improve sleep quality, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

I retreated to my own room no more; I took refuge with Peggotty no more; but sat wearily in the parlour day after day, looking forward to night, and bedtime.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The results suggest that cutting off lights at bedtime could reduce women’s chances of becoming obese.

(Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women, National Institutes of Health)

She had scarcely finished ere the bell announced bedtime! no delay could be admitted; Miss Temple embraced us both, saying, as she drew us to her heart—God bless you, my children!

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Prior to ingestion of food at meals and at bedtime.

(Before Meals And Bedtime, NCI Thesaurus)

After meals and at bedtime.

(After Meals and Bedtime, NCI Thesaurus)

However, many people can improve their symptoms by: • Avoiding alcohol and spicy, fatty or acidic foods that trigger heartburn • Eating smaller meals • Not eating close to bedtime • Losing weight if needed • Wearing loose-fitting clothes

(GERD, NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)