"lights-out" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlaɪts.aʊt/
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} lights-out (uncountable)
  1. The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime. Tags: uncountable Translations (the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime): večerka [feminine] (Czech), couvre-feu [masculine] [military, war, government, politics] (French), villanyoltás (Hungarian), lámpaoltás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-lights-out-en-noun-DyXBJy-L Disambiguation of 'the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime': 96 4
  2. The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sleep Translations (the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital): večerka [feminine] (Czech), villanyoltás (Hungarian), lámpaoltás (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-lights-out-en-noun-EUZszL7g Disambiguation of Sleep: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: out like a light, curfew

Alternative forms

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