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Done or performed in the dark because of a fully automated working environment. Often describes night shift or third shift work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: business, manufacturing
Examples
- lights-out manufacturing
- lights-out production
- Their night shift is lights-out production. Their day shift handles tooling, setup, and staging to make sure that everything is ready for the next lights-out run.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
- We were all expected to be in bed by lights-out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Something hopeless, over; unconsciousness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: euphemistic, idiomatic, uncountable
Examples
- It's gonna be lights out for you, pal!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A decisive play.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
(military) signal to turn the lights out
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: taps
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bugle call
a prescribed bedtime
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bedtime
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Czech:
večerka
— the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime
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French:
couvre-feu
— the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime
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Hungarian:
villanyoltás
— the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime
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Hungarian:
lámpaoltás
— the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime
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Russian:
отбой
(otboj)
— the time at night at which artificial lights are to be turned off, a curfew or bedtime
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Czech:
večerka
— the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital
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Hungarian:
villanyoltás
— the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital
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Hungarian:
lámpaoltás
— the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital
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Russian:
отбой
(otboj)
— the prescribed bedtime for persons living in a boarding school or staying in a hospital
