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- DictionaryCur·few/ˈkərˌfyo͞o/
noun
- 1. a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night: "a dusk-to-dawn curfew"
1. : the sounding of a bell at evening. 2. a. : a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (such as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour. The city ordered a curfew to prevent further rioting. b.
A curfew is an order that imposes certain regulations during specified hours. Typically, curfews order all people affected by them to remain indoors during the evening and nighttime hours. Such an order is most often issued by public authorities, but may also be given by the owner of a house to those living in the household.
CURFEW definition: 1. a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially…. Learn more.
What does curfew mean? A curfew is a specific time of day at which, by rule, you must be at home. It can also refer to the rule itself, or the period during which you must stay home.
Curfew is a rule or law that sets a time that certain people have to be off the streets. A town may set a curfew for teenagers, for example, although many parents impose a stricter curfew for their own kids.
CURFEW meaning: 1. a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially…. Learn more.
n. 1. A regulation or rule requiring certain or all people to leave the streets or be at home at a prescribed hour. 2. a. The time at which such a restriction begins or is in effect: a 10 pm curfew for all residents. b. The signal, such as a bell, announcing the beginning of this restriction.
A curfew is a law stating that people must stay inside their houses after a particular time at night, for example during a war.
curfew. noun. /ˈkɜːfjuː/. /ˈkɜːrfjuː/. [countable, uncountable] a law that says that people must not go outside after a particular time at night until the morning; the time after which nobody must go outside. The army imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew. You must get home before curfew.
CURFEW meaning: 1 : an order or law that requires people to be indoors after a certain time at night; 2 : the period of time when such an order or law is in effect.
