"go to bed" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: goes to bed [present, singular, third-person], going to bed [participle, present], went to bed [past], gone to bed [participle, past]
Etymology: Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān. Etymology templates: {{m|ang|tō bedde gān}} tō bedde gān Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> to bed}} go to bed (third-person singular simple present goes to bed, present participle going to bed, simple past went to bed, past participle gone to bed)
  1. To lie down to sleep, put oneself in one's bed. Categories (topical): Sleep Related terms: go to bed with, put to bed, come to bed, go to sleep, sleep, fall asleep Translations (to lie down to sleep): モコㇿ (mokor) (Ainu), ohera joan (Basque), лягам си (ljagam si) (Bulgarian), colgar-se (Catalan), allitar-se (Catalan), gitar-se (Catalan), 上床 (shàngchuáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 睡覺 (Chinese Mandarin), 睡觉 (shuìjiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 就寢 [literary] (Chinese Mandarin), 就寝 (jiùqǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), yatmaq (Crimean Tatar), jít do postele [imperfective] (Czech), gå i seng (Danish), gaan slapen (Dutch), naar bed gaan (Dutch), enlitiĝi (Esperanto), mennä nukkumaan (Finnish), se coucher (French), aller au lit (French), aller se coucher (French), zu Bett gehen (German), schlafen gehen (German), lefekszik (Hungarian), lefekszik aludni (Hungarian), aludni megy (Hungarian), elmegy aludni (Hungarian), coricarsi (Italian), andare a letto (Italian), andare a dormire (Italian), 眠る (nemuru) (alt: ねむる) (Japanese), 臥せる (fuseru) (alt: ふせる) (Japanese), ចូលគេង (coulkeing) (Khmer), 취침하다 (chwichimhada) (Korean), cubitum ire (Latin), decumbo (Latin), discumbo (Latin), ле́гнува да спи́е (légnuva da spíe) (Macedonian), о́ди да спи́е (ódi da spíe) (Macedonian), ulala (Ngazidja Comorian), gå til sengs (Norwegian Bokmål), gå og legge seg (Norwegian Bokmål), legge seg (Norwegian Bokmål), gå til sengs (Norwegian Nynorsk), gå og legge seg (Norwegian Nynorsk), legge seg (Norwegian Nynorsk), tō bedde gān (Old English), kłaść się (Polish), ir dormir (Portuguese), recolher-se (Portuguese), a se culca (Romanian), ложи́ться спать (ložítʹsja spatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), лечь спать (lečʹ spatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), rach mu thàmh (Scottish Gaelic), curcàrisi (Sicilian), curcari (Sicilian), cuccari (Sicilian), acostarse (Spanish), gå och lägga sig (Swedish), lägga sig (Swedish), gå till sängs (Swedish), krypa till kojs (Swedish), knyta sig (Swedish), ляга́ти спа́ти (ljaháty spáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), лягти́ спа́ти (ljahtý spáty) [perfective] (Ukrainian), đi ngủ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-go_to_bed-en-verb-2r4SMh08 Disambiguation of Sleep: 88 12 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 80 20 Synonyms: hit the sack, hit the hay, hit the rack, go to bed, couch a hogshead, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, retire, seek one's virtuous couch, turn in, turn into a pumpkin Disambiguation of 'to lie down to sleep': 99 1
  2. (printing) Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing. Categories (topical): Printing
    Sense id: en-go_to_bed-en-verb-hJ7VKTZg Topics: media, printing, publishing

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "allitar-se"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gitar-se"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàngchuáng",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "上床"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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          "word": "睡觉"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "就寢"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiùqǐn",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "就寝"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "crh",
          "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "yatmaq"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "jít do postele"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå i seng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gaan slapen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "naar bed gaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "enlitiĝi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "mennä nukkumaan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "se coucher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "aller au lit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "aller se coucher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "zu Bett gehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "schlafen gehen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "lefekszik"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "lefekszik aludni"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "aludni megy"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "elmegy aludni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "coricarsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "andare a letto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "andare a dormire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "ねむる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nemuru",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "眠る"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "alt": "ふせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fuseru",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "臥せる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "coulkeing",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "ចូលគេង"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chwichimhada",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "취침하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "cubitum ire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "decumbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "discumbo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "légnuva da spíe",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "ле́гнува да спи́е"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ódi da spíe",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "о́ди да спи́е"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "ulala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå til sengs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå og legge seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "legge seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå til sengs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå og legge seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "legge seg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "tō bedde gān"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "kłaść się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "ir dormir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "recolher-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "a se culca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ložítʹsja spatʹ",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ложи́ться спать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lečʹ spatʹ",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "лечь спать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "rach mu thàmh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "curcàrisi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "curcari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "cuccari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "acostarse"
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå och lägga sig"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "lägga sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "gå till sängs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "krypa till kojs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "knyta sig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ljaháty spáty",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ляга́ти спа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ljahtý spáty",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "лягти́ спа́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 1",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
          "word": "đi ngủ"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Printing",
          "orig": "en:Printing",
          "parents": [
            "Industries",
            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: put to bed"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1949, Max Eisen, How to Increase Daily Newspaper Circulation, page 43",
          "text": "The army newspaper \"went to bed\" several hours before the civilian one, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, Ikechukwu Enoch Nwosu, E. O. Soola, Communication in Global, ICTs and Ecosystem Perspectives, page 238",
          "text": "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.",
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        "(printing) Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing."
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    "Old English"
  ],
  "word": "go to bed"
}
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          "text": "It's been a long day—I think I'll just go to bed now.",
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          "ref": "2013 July 19, Ian Sample, “Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 34",
          "text": "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.",
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      "word": "couch a hogshead"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "go to bed"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "go to sleep"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "hit the hay"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "hit the sack"
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "retire"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "seek one's virtuous couch"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "turn in"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:go to bed",
      "word": "turn into a pumpkin"
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    {
      "code": "ain",
      "lang": "Ainu",
      "roman": "mokor",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "モコㇿ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "ohera joan"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ljagam si",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "лягам си"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "colgar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "allitar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gitar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngchuáng",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "上床"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "睡覺"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shuìjiào",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "睡觉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "word": "就寢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiùqǐn",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "就寝"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "yatmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "jít do postele"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå i seng"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gaan slapen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "naar bed gaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "enlitiĝi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "mennä nukkumaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "se coucher"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "aller au lit"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "aller se coucher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "zu Bett gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "schlafen gehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "lefekszik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "lefekszik aludni"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "aludni megy"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "elmegy aludni"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "coricarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "andare a letto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "andare a dormire"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ねむる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nemuru",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "眠る"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fuseru",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "臥せる"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "coulkeing",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "ចូលគេង"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chwichimhada",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "취침하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "cubitum ire"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "decumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "discumbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "légnuva da spíe",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "ле́гнува да спи́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódi da spíe",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "о́ди да спи́е"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "ulala"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå til sengs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå og legge seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "legge seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå til sengs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå og legge seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "legge seg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "tō bedde gān"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "kłaść się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "ir dormir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "recolher-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "a se culca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ložítʹsja spatʹ",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ложи́ться спать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lečʹ spatʹ",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "лечь спать"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "rach mu thàmh"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "curcàrisi"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "curcari"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "cuccari"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "acostarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå och lägga sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "lägga sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "gå till sängs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "krypa till kojs"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "knyta sig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljaháty spáty",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ляга́ти спа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ljahtý spáty",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "лягти́ спа́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to lie down to sleep",
      "word": "đi ngủ"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Old English"
  ],
  "word": "go to bed"
}

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