bedtime
part of speech
noun (bedtime, bedtimes)
meaning for a pupil
1) Bedtime is the time when you usually go to bed. tree →
2) Bedtime can also describe things done just before sleeping, like a bedtime story. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and health lessons, children aged 9–10 need about 9 to 12 hours of sleep, so a regular bedtime helps; a bedtime routine might be a bath, brushing teeth, pyjamas and a story. Screens before bedtime make it harder to fall asleep. In maths, bedtime problems ask how long someone sleeps from bedtime to waking up. Phrases: past your bedtime, bedtime story, bedtime routine, at bedtime.
examples
- My bedtime is half past eight. tree →
- Dad reads me a bedtime story every night. tree →
- It's way past your bedtime! tree →
- Brush your teeth before bedtime. tree →
- No screens an hour before bedtime. tree →
- On weekends my bedtime is later. tree →
- If bedtime is 9 pm and I wake at 7 am, I sleep 10 hours. tree →
- Her bedtime routine is bath, book, bed. tree →
- In the old days at home the Neverland had always begun to look a little dark and threatening by bedtime. tree →
note
One word: bedtime. In time problems, counting from bedtime to waking means crossing midnight: from 8:30 pm to 7:00 am is 10 hours 30 minutes.
In the corpora
- At bedtime Mum explains he had an awful week at work, and Dad comes up and says, "Sorry, mate.
- Try Mia's family game: from breakfast to bedtime, count every time a machine guessed something for you.
- At night there is less spit in the mouth to protect the teeth, so the bedtime brush is the most important.
- Bright screens keep your brain awake, which is why a book or calm sounds work better at bedtime.
- At a sleepover you bring your own things, follow bedtime rules and thank the family in the morning.
Trees and pragmatics
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