Period

Quick meaning: Period is a noun meaning A length of time.

Meaning

A length of time.

More Meanings

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

Example Sentences

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

Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

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

Word Forms

• periods
• perioding
• perioded

Synonyms for period

Depending on context, synonyms include point, full stop, dot, full-point, duration, interval.

Antonyms for period

Common opposites include frequency.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include point, stop, full stop, full point, flow, catamenia.

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