Phrase guide

go to bed

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hit the sack, hit the hay, hit the rack

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To have sex; to go to have sex.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

Examples

  • Has he ever been to bed with her?

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

Of a newspaper: to finish being prepared for printing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: media, printing, publishing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

prepare for sleep

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • I usually turn in at midnight
  • He goes to bed at the crack of dawn

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep, retire

Antonyms: get up

Narrower terms: bed down, bunk down

History

Etymology

Already attested in Old English as tō bedde gān.

Across languages

Translations

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Ainu: モコㇿ (mokor) — to lie down to sleep
  • Basque: ohera joan — to lie down to sleep
  • Belarusian: кла́сціся спаць (kláscisja spacʹ) — to lie down to sleep
  • Belarusian: ле́гчы спаць (ljéhčy spacʹ) — to lie down to sleep
  • Bulgarian: лягам си (ljagam si) — to lie down to sleep
  • Catalan: colgar-se — to lie down to sleep
  • Catalan: allitar-se — to lie down to sleep
  • Catalan: gitar-se — to lie down to sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上床 (shàngchuáng) — to lie down to sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 睡覺 /睡觉 (shuìjiào) — to lie down to sleep
  • Chinese Mandarin: 就寢 /就寝 (jiùqǐn) — to lie down to sleep
  • Ngazidja Comorian: ulala — to lie down to sleep
  • Crimean Tatar: yatmaq — to lie down to sleep
  • Czech: jít spát — to lie down to sleep
  • Danish: gå i seng — to lie down to sleep
  • Dutch: naar bed gaan — to lie down to sleep
  • Dutch: gaan slapen — to lie down to sleep
  • Ifè: sũ̀ — to lie down to sleep
  • Esperanto: enlitiĝi — to lie down to sleep
  • Finnish: mennä nukkumaan — to lie down to sleep
  • French: se coucher — to lie down to sleep
  • French: aller au lit — to lie down to sleep
  • French: aller se coucher — to lie down to sleep
  • German: ins Bett gehen — to lie down to sleep
  • German: zu Bett gehen — to lie down to sleep
  • German: schlafen gehen — to lie down to sleep
  • Hungarian: lefekszik — to lie down to sleep
  • Hungarian: lefekszik aludni — to lie down to sleep
  • Hungarian: aludni megy — to lie down to sleep
  • Hungarian: elmegy aludni — to lie down to sleep
  • Icelandic: leggjast til svefns — to lie down to sleep
  • Icelandic: fara í háttinn — to lie down to sleep
  • Irish: téigh a chodladh — to lie down to sleep
  • Italian: coricarsi — to lie down to sleep
  • Italian: andare a letto — to lie down to sleep
  • Italian: andare a dormire — to lie down to sleep
  • Japanese: 眠る (nemuru) — to lie down to sleep
  • Japanese: 臥せる (fuseru) — to lie down to sleep
  • Khmer: ចូលគេង (coulkeing) — to lie down to sleep
  • Korean: 취침하다 (chwichimhada) — to lie down to sleep
  • Korean: 자다 (jada) — to lie down to sleep
  • Latin: cubitum ire — to lie down to sleep
  • Latin: decumbo — to lie down to sleep
  • Latin: discumbo — to lie down to sleep
  • Macedonian: ле́гнува да спи́е (légnuva da spíe) — to lie down to sleep
  • Macedonian: о́ди да спи́е (ódi da spíe) — to lie down to sleep
  • Navajo: iiłháásh — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gå til sengs — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gå og legge seg — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Bokmål: legge seg — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gå til sengs — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gå og legge seg — to lie down to sleep
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: legge seg — to lie down to sleep
  • Old English: tō bedde gān — to lie down to sleep
  • Polish: kłaść się do łóżka — to lie down to sleep
  • Polish: położyć się do łóżka — to lie down to sleep
  • Portuguese: ir para a cama — to lie down to sleep
  • Portuguese: ir dormir — to lie down to sleep
  • Portuguese: deitar-se — to lie down to sleep
  • Portuguese: recolher-se — to lie down to sleep
  • Romanian: a se culca — to lie down to sleep
  • Russian: ложи́ться спать (ložítʹsja spatʹ) — to lie down to sleep
  • Russian: лечь спать (lečʹ spatʹ) — to lie down to sleep
  • Scottish Gaelic: rach mu thàmh — to lie down to sleep
  • Sicilian: curcàrisi — to lie down to sleep
  • Sicilian: curcari — to lie down to sleep
  • Sicilian: cuccari — to lie down to sleep
  • Spanish: acostarse — to lie down to sleep
  • Spanish: ensobrarse — to lie down to sleep
  • Spanish: irse a la cama — to lie down to sleep
  • Spanish: empiltrarse — to lie down to sleep
  • Spanish: planchar la oreja — to lie down to sleep
  • Swedish: gå och lägga sig — to lie down to sleep
  • Swedish: lägga sig — to lie down to sleep
  • Swedish: gå till sängs — to lie down to sleep
  • Turkish: yatağa yatmak — to lie down to sleep
  • Turkish: yatmak — to lie down to sleep
  • Ukrainian: ляга́ти спа́ти (ljaháty spáty) — to lie down to sleep
  • Ukrainian: лягти́ спа́ти (ljahtý spáty) — to lie down to sleep
  • Vietnamese: đi ngủ — to lie down to sleep
  • Yoruba: lọ sùn — to lie down to sleep