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noun
- 1. a length or portion of time: "he had long periods of depression" Similar
- 2. the interval of time between successive occurrences of the same state in an oscillatory or cyclic phenomenon, such as a mechanical vibration, an alternating current, a variable star, or an electromagnetic wave.
adjective
- 1. belonging to or characteristic of a past historical time, especially in style or design: "an attractive and beautifully modernized period house"
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a fixed time during the life of a person or in history: Most teenagers go through a rebellious period. The house was built during the Elizabethan period. B1. in school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught: We have six periods of science a week.
The meaning of PERIOD is the completion of a cycle, a series of events, or a single action : conclusion. How to use period in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Period.
A period is all about defining when something begins and ends. Class periods usually last about forty-five minutes. Following the last food fight, there was a period of relative peace in the school.
a fixed time during the life of a person or in history: Most teenagers go through a rebellious period. The house was built during the Elizabethan period. B1. in school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught: We have six periods of science a week.
A period in the life of a person, organization, or society is a length of time which is remembered for a particular situation or activity. ...a period of economic good health and expansion. [ + of] He went through a period of wanting to be accepted. [ + of] The South African years were his most creative period.
noun. a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics: a period of illness; a period of great profitability for a company; a period of social unrest in Germany. any specified division or portion of time: poetry of the period from 1603 to 1660. Synonyms: term.
From Longman Business Dictionary pe‧ri‧od /ˈpɪəriədˈpɪr-/ noun [ countable] a particular length of time She has been taken on for a 6-month trial period. → accounting period → control period → cooling-off period → deferment period → earn-out period → payback period → pay period → qualifying period → recovery period → reporting period Origin peri...
PERIOD definition: 1. a length of time: 2. one of the equal parts of time that a school day or sports game is divided…. Learn more.
Period definition: a rather large interval of time that is meaningful in the life of a person, in history, etc., because of its particular characteristics. See examples of PERIOD used in a sentence.
period. The period (also known as a full stop, especially in British English) is a punctuation mark ( . ) primarily used to indicate the end of a sentence. It appears as a single dot on the bottom line of the text, and it comes immediately after the last word of the sentence without a space. Continue reading... pe·ri·od. (pîr′ē-əd) n. 1.
