26984 words

periods

19 definitions • 25 examples
1
a length of time:

Examples:

Her work means that she spends long periods away from home.
in a period Unemployment in the first half of the year was 2.5 percent lower than in the same period the year before.
in/over a period of 15 people were killed in/over a period of four days.
over a period The study will be carried out over a six-month period.
2
a fixed time during the life of a person or in history:

Examples:

Most teenagers go through a rebellious period.
The house was built during the Elizabethan period.
3
in school, a division of time in the day when a subject is taught:

Examples:

We have six periods of science a week.
4
one of the fixed times that a sports game is divided into, especially in ice hockey (= a team game played on ice, with curved sticks and a small disc):

Examples:

The match was won and lost in the first period, when Durham fell six goals behind.
In the second period he scored by banking the puck off the right post and into the net.
5
the process of blood coming from the uterus (= the organ in which a baby develops before birth), which usually happens once a month when someone is not pregnant:

Examples:

She'd missed a period and was worried.
6
the symbol . used in writing at the end of a sentence or at the end of the short form of a word
7
said at the end of a statement to show that you believe you have said all there is to say on a subject and you are not going to discuss it any more:

Examples:

There will be no more shouting, period!
8
used to describe clothes, furniture, and other things from a particular time in history:

Examples:

period dress They performed "Julius Caesar" in period dress.
period furniture The house, with its period furniture, is in demand as a film location.
The film is very impressive in its period detail.
9
a length of time:

Examples:

The study will be carried out over a six-month period.
10
A period in the life of a person or in history is a particular time during that life or history:

Examples:

The period after World War II was marked by rapid economic growth.
11
A period is a division of time in an event of fixed length, such as a day at school or a game:

Examples:

There was no scoring in the second period.
12
A period is the time it takes for one complete repetition of a pattern that repeats. A second is used as the standard unit in most areas of science.
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Examples:

14
a mark (.) used in writing to show where the end of a sentence is, or to show that the letters before it are an abbreviation (= short word form)
15
infml You can say period at the end of a statement as a way of adding emphasis:

Examples:

There will be no more shouting, period!
16
the bleeding from a woman’s uterus that happens approximately every four weeks when she is not pregnant
18
any of the rows in the periodic table of chemical elements
19
a length of time:

Examples:

a period of six months/10 years, etc. This debt is repayable over a period of five years in equal quarterly instalments.
Profit fell 75.1% from the same period a year ago.
The Government will make an additional 10% contribution for a limited period.
The second quarter of the year should have been a busy period.

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