Meaning

A length of time..

Definitions by Sense

1. A length of time.
2. A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
3. (now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
4. (figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.
5. The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
6. (euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this.
7. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
8. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.

Example Sentences

There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

You'll be on probation for a six-month period.

Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."

Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.

Sung Yung-hsi of Ch’u-hsiung was a government student during the Chia-ch’ing period.

‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’

My sufferings, physical and mental, are more than I can bear, and when such small arrangements as I have to make for your future well-being are completed it is my intention to put a period to them.

Word Forms

• periods
• per.
• perioding
• perioded

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Use period when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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