bedtime

UK: /ˈbɛdtaɪm/ US: /ˈbɛdˌtaɪm/ ,(bed′tīm′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

bed•time /ˈbɛdˌtaɪm/   n. 

1. the time a person goes to bed:
   [uncountable] Come on kids, it's bedtime.
   [countable] earlier bedtimes.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

bed•time  (bed′tīm′), n. 

1. the time at which a person usually goes to bed:
   It's past my bedtime.
2. the time at which a person goes to bed on a particular night:
   I have to get up early tomorrow so bedtime tonight will be 9 o'clock.

• 1200–50; Middle English; see bed, time

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

bedtime / ˈbɛdˌtaɪm/ noun

1. the time when one usually goes to bed
2. (as modifier): a bedtime story