"lights-out" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlaɪts.aʊt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-lights-out.wav
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 Categories (topical): Sleep 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 Sleep: 70 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of 'the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime': 92 8
  2. The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital. Tags: uncountable 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 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital': 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: out like a light, curfew

Alternative forms

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