Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go to bed

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.02 in modern English

Syllables: go -to bed
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.

verb

To have sex; to go to have sex.

verb

Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.

Example Sentences

"I go to sleep at the same hour every night, no matter when I go to bed."
"I think I'll just go to bed, it's bedtime for me."
"Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found."
"Has he ever been to bed with her?"
"The army newspaper "went to bed" several hours before the civilian one, […]"
"So gone are the days when a Vanguard reporter who had gone to cover an assignment in Victoria Island may not get to his office at Kirikiri before the newspaper went to bed because the reporter was held back by the usual Lagos traffic jam."

Etymology

Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.

Inflected Forms

goes to bed (present, singular) going to bed (participle, present) went to bed (past) gone to bed (participle, past)

Phrases

go to bed with put to bed come to bed go to sleep fall asleep

Frequently Paired Words

go to bed with put to bed come to bed go to sleep sleep fall asleep

Synonyms

hit the sack hit the hay hit the rack couch a hogshead go to bed go to sleep bed down retire seek one's virtuous couch turn in turn into a pumpkin

Questions

What does go to bed mean?: To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed.
Where does go to bed come from?: Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.

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