Definitions
There are 7 meanings of the word
Periods.
How to pronounce periods:
US
Periods - 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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Example Sentences
"She experiences heavy periods every month."
"The doctor diagnosed her with irregular periods."
"He received detention for not completing his homework for five consecutive periods."
"The hockey game consists of three periods."
"They studied different historical periods in their history class."
Word Game Points
Is PERIODS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, periods is valid for both Scrabble US and EU
PERIODS has a SCRABBLE points total of 10.
Is PERIODS a valid Words With Friends word?
Yes, periods is valid for Words With Friends
Valid WordPERIODS has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 11.
Is PERIODS a valid WordFeud word?
Yes, periods is valid for WordFeud
Valid WordPERIODS has a WORDFEUD points total of 11.