Definitions
There are 12 meanings of the word
Period.
How to pronounce period:
US
Period - as a noun
An amount of time
Example: "A time period of 30 years"
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- test period
- trial period
- time frame
- grace
- grace period
- hours
- downtime
- uptime
- work time
- time off
- bout
- hospitalization
- travel time
- times
- time
- elapsed time
- continuance
- duration
- calendar week
- week
- midweek
- field day
- life
- life-time
- lifespan
- lifetime
- life
- life
- millenary
- millennium
- bimillenary
- bimillennium
- occupation
- past
- shelf life
- puerperium
- lactation
- time of life
- calendar day
- civil day
- festival
- day
- daylight
- daytime
- forenoon
- morn
- morning
- morning time
- dark
- night
- nighttime
- night
- night
- night
- eve
- evening
- hebdomad
- week
- fortnight
- two weeks
- weekend
- indian summer
- saint martin's summer
- year
- school
- school day
- schooltime
- twelvemonth
- year
- yr
- year
- semester
- bimester
- olympiad
- lustrum
- decade
- decennary
- decennium
- century
- quadrennium
- quinquennium
- half-century
- quarter-century
- quarter
- phase of the moon
- day
- calendar month
- month
- mid-january
- mid-february
- mid-march
- mid-april
- mid-may
- mid-june
- mid-july
- mid-august
- mid-september
- mid-october
- mid-november
- mid-december
- time limit
- term
- trimester
- hour
- silly season
- golden age
- silver age
- bronze age
- iron age
- great year
- platonic year
- regulation time
- extra time
- overtime
- season
- time of year
- canicular days
- canicule
- dog days
- midwinter
- season
- season
- age
- years
- long haul
- drought
- drouth
- epoch
- era
- generation
- prehistoric culture
- prehistory
- reign
- run
- early days
- youth
- dawn
- evening
- time
- nap
- sleep
- lease
- term of a contract
- half-life
- lunar time period
- tide
- phase
- stage
- multistage
- watch
- peacetime
- wartime
- duty tour
- enlistment
- hitch
- term of enlistment
- tour
- tour of duty
- honeymoon
- indiction
- prohibition
- prohibition era
- incubation period
- rainy day
- noviciate
- novitiate
- bloom
- blossom
- efflorescence
- flower
- flush
- heyday
- peak
- prime
- running time
- clotting time
- air alert
- question time
- study hall
- usance
- window
- mornight
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The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
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(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
Example: "Ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
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The end or completion of something
Example: "Death put a period to his endeavors"
The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Example: "The women were sickly and subject to excessive menstruation"
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A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Example: "In england they call a period a stop"
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Period - as a verb
To come to a period; to conclude.
To put an end to.
Period - as an adjective
Designating anything from a given historical era.
Example: "A period tv commercial"
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
Period - as an interjection
That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story
Example: "I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!"
Example Sentences
"She is currently going through a difficult period in her life."
"I have a heavy workload during this busy period."
"The dinosaur went extinct during the Cretaceous period."
"The company experienced a period of rapid growth."
"I've been waiting for a long period of time."
Word Game Points
Is PERIOD a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, period is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
PERIOD has a SCRABBLE points total of 9.
Is PERIOD a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, period is valid for Words With Friends
Valid WordPERIOD has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 10.
Is PERIOD a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, period is valid for WordFeud
Valid WordPERIOD has a WORDFEUD points total of 10.
