sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ō-vər 
1
: an overnight stay (as at another's home)
2
: an instance of hosting a sleepover in one's home
Examples of sleepover in a Sentence
Our daughter is having a sleepover for her friends tomorrow.
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An 11-year-old boy from the United Kingdom died on March 2, 2024, after inhaling toxic chemicals while at a friend's house for a sleepover, according to The Times of London.
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 21 May 2024
Be moved by Jamaican singers, experience a midnight movie, listen to international guitarists play, have a sleepover with sharks or see a play with a literary bent.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
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Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 21 May 2024
Be moved by Jamaican singers, experience a midnight movie, listen to international guitarists play, have a sleepover with sharks or see a play with a literary bent.
—John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sleepover
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“Sleepover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sleepover. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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sleepover
noun
sleep·over
ˈslēp-ō-vər
: an overnight stay at another's home or an instance of having others stay at one's own home
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