period
/'piəriəd/
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Definition
- Noun:
- A punctuation mark (.): A dot used to indicate the end of a declarative sentence or after an abbreviation.
- A length of time: An amount of time, which can be a specific duration, a historical era, or a distinct phase.
- A recurring cycle: The interval of time for one complete cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.
- A division of time in sports or games: One of the segments into which a game is divided.
- Menstruation: The monthly discharge of blood and tissue from the uterus in women of reproductive age.
- An end or conclusion: The point of completion or termination of something.
Usage Examples
- As a punctuation mark:
- Please end your sentence with a period.
- The abbreviation "Dr." ends with a period.
- As a length of time:
- We studied the Victorian period in history class.
- There will be a short period of rain this afternoon.
- As a recurring cycle:
- The period of a pendulum's swing is constant.
- As a division in a game:
- Our team scored two goals in the first period of the hockey game.
- Referring to menstruation:
- She experiences cramps during her period.
- Referring to an end:
- His resignation put a period to the speculation.
Advanced Usage
- "Period" as a final emphatic statement: Used in informal speech to emphasize that there is nothing more to discuss.
- I am not going, period.
- "Period piece": A work of art, film, or literature set in a specific historical period.
- The movie is a beautiful period piece set in the 1920s.
- "Period of grace": An extra amount of time allowed before a rule or penalty is enforced.
- The bank offered a short period of grace for the loan payment.
Variants and Related Words
- Periodic (adj): Happening or appearing at regular intervals.
- He makes periodic visits to his hometown.
- Periodical (n): A magazine or journal published at regular intervals.
- She subscribes to a monthly periodical about science.
- Periodicity (n): The quality or character of being periodic; the tendency to recur at intervals.
- The periodicity of the tides is well understood.
Synonyms
- Era (n): A long and distinct period of history.
- Epoch (n): A particular period of time marked by distinctive features or events.
- Interval (n): An intervening time or space.
- Duration (n): The time during which something continues.
- Menstruation (n): The process or an instance of discharging the menses.
Related Phrases
- Put a period to (something): To bring something to an end.
- The new evidence put a period to the long-running debate.
- Period of adjustment: A time to get used to a new situation.
- Moving to a new country requires a period of adjustment.
Related Idioms
- Period of trial: A time of testing or difficulty.
- The first year of starting a business is often a period of trial.
- Period of mourning: A time following a loss, especially a death, during which grief is expressed.
- The family observed a traditional period of mourning.
Noun
- a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- in England they call a period a stop
- the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- the women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation
- a woman does not take the gout unless her menses be stopped--Hippocrates
- the semen begins to appear in males and to be emitted at the same time of life that the catamenia begin to flow in females--Aristotle
- the end or completion of something
- death put a period to his endeavors
- a change soon put a period to my tranquility
- a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- an amount of time
- a time period of 30 years
- hastened the period of time of his recovery
- Picasso's blue period