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bedtime story

bed·time sto·ry
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bed-tahym stawr-ee, stohr-ee]
    • /ˈbɛdˌtaɪm ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bed-tahym stawr-ee, stohr-ee]
    • /ˈbɛdˌtaɪm ˈstɔr i, ˈstoʊr i/

Definitions of bedtime story words

  • noun bedtime story a story read or told to a child at bedtime 3
  • noun bedtime story a story told to children at bedtime 3
  • noun bedtime story a story told to a child at bedtime. 1
  • noun bedtime story story read to a child before sleep 1
  • noun bedtime story A fairytale or other story read to somebody, usually a child, before they sleep. 0
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Origin of bedtime story

First appearance:

before 1885
One of the 21% newest English words
First recorded in 1885-90

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Parts of speech for Bedtime story

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Bedtime story

bedtime story popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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