bedtimebed‧time /ˈbedtaɪm/ noun [countable, uncountable] 
Examples
It’s way past your bedtime! a bedtime story
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- Isn't it your bedtime?
- It's late -- it must be nearly bedtime.
- It's past my bedtime -- I really must get some sleep.
- Lucy, 7.30 is bedtime, you know that.
- This medicine should be taken at bedtime and first thing in the morning.
- Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.
- I smile at the watching people and say she is always this way at bedtime.
- If your child enjoys a bedtime drink there's no point in refusing one.
- It tells us foolish bedtime stories in exchange for our promises to purchase the latest corporate goods and corporate services.
- It was always an early bedtime for the 40 or so athletes based at the Kawa Falls.
- One evening the boy requested that the father tell him a bedtime story.
Longman Language Activatorto get into your bed in order to sleep► go to bed
Collocations · Do you want to go to bed, or watch the movie?· Mom, do I have to go to bed right now?· She had planned to go to bed early that night, but a friend stopped by to see her.go to bed at · I went to bed at nine last night, and I'm still tired.go straight to bed (=go to bed very shortly after doing something else) · Marianne took a shower and went straight to bed.
► be in bed to be lying in your bed in order to go to sleep: · Sorry, were you in bed? I thought it might be too late to call you.· I'm usually in bed by 10.30 on weekdays.· You were supposed to be in bed by now!
► bedtime the time when you go to bed in order to sleep: · It's late -- it must be nearly bedtime.· Lucy, 7.30 is bedtime, you know that.· This medicine should be taken at bedtime and first thing in the morning.my/your/his etc bedtime (=the time when you usually go to bed): · Isn't it your bedtime?past (your/his etc) bedtime (=after the time when you normally go to bed): · It's past my bedtime -- I really must get some sleep.
► turn in informal to go to bed after you have been doing something such as talking with other people or working for a long time: · Come on you guys, it's time to turn in.· I'm going to have to turn in. I'm not used to these late nights.
► hit the sack also hit the hay informal to go to bed when it is very late or you are very tired: · Usually I come home, eat dinner, watch a little TV, and then hit the sack by 9:30 or 10:00.· I'm bushed. I think I'll hit the hay.
► retire formal or written to go to bed: · The captain retired at ten o'clock with a glass of whisky.retire to bed: · Mary Ellen always had to set the fire for the next morning before retiring to bed.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a bedtime story
the time when you usually go to bed: (=one that you read to a child before they go to sleep)· He remembered his mother reading him a bedtime story.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► story· Mr Driscoll created the cartoon characters as bedtime stories for his children, Adam and Holly.· One evening the boy requested that the father tell him a bedtime story.· I waited for the bedtime story.· As we nestled over a bedtime story he scratched his head.· As it got dark, rather than hear a scary bedtime story, Stuart wanted to walk in the woods with me.· Children who had never heard a bedtime story and could not write their own names were crammed into classrooms by the dozens.· It tells us foolish bedtime stories in exchange for our promises to purchase the latest corporate goods and corporate services.
It’s way past your bedtime! a bedtime story