1
as in menstruation
an occurrence of menstruating
she hoped her period wouldn’t start until she got home
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as in day
an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing
the Romantic period in music
Synonym Chooser
How does the noun period differ from other similar words?
Some common synonyms of period are age, epoch, and era. While all these words mean «a division of time,» period may designate an extent of time of any length.
periods of economic prosperity
When is age a more appropriate choice than period?
The synonyms age and period are sometimes interchangeable, but age is used frequently of a fairly definite period dominated by a prominent figure or feature.
the age of Samuel Johnson
When might epoch be a better fit than period?
In some situations, the words epoch and period are roughly equivalent. However, epoch applies to a period begun or set off by some significant or striking quality, change, or series of events.
the steam engine marked a new epoch in industry
When would era be a good substitute for period?
The words era and period can be used in similar contexts, but era suggests a period of history marked by a new or distinct order of things.
the era of global communications
Thesaurus Entries Near period
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periodnoun
A section of an artist’s, writer’s (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
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periodnoun
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
I have math class in second period.
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periodnoun
Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
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full stop -
periodnoun
A row in the periodic table of the elements.
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full stop -
periodnoun
A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm
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periodnoun
two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase)
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full stop -
periodinterjection
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periodnoun
Appropriate for a given historical era.
When I say eat your dinner, it means eat your dinner, period!
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periodnoun
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
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full stop -
periodnoun
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
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periodnoun
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
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full stop -
periodnoun
The punctuation mark . (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
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full stop -
periodnoun
A length of time.
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full stop -
periodnoun
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
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periodnoun
A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
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periodnoun
Female menstruation.
When she is on her period she can be more disagreeable than usual
Synonyms:
full stop
English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote
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periodnoun
The end is the terminal part of a material object that has length; the extremity is distinctively the terminal point, and may thus be but part of the end in the general sense of that word; the extremity is viewed as that which is most remote from some center, or some mean or standard position; the southern end of South America includes all Patagonia, the southern extremity or point is Cape Horn. Tip has nearly the same meaning as extremity, but is said of small or slight and tapering objects; as, the tip of the finger; point in such connections is said of that which is drawn out to exceeding fineness or sharpness, as the point of a needle, a fork, or a sword; extremity is said of something considerable; we do not speak of the extremity of a needle. Terminus is chiefly used to designate the end of a line of travel or transportation: specifically, the furthermost station in any direction on a railway, or by extension the town or village where it is situated. Termination is the Latin and more formal word for the Saxon end, but is chiefly used of time, words, undertakings, or abstractions of any kind. Expiration signifies the coming to an end in the natural course of things; as, the expiration of a year, or of a lease; it is used of things of some consequence; we do not ordinarily speak of the expiration of an hour or of a day. Limit implies some check to or restraint upon further advance, right, or privilege; as, the limits of an estate (compare BOUNDARY). A goal is an end sought or striven for, as in a race. For the figurative senses of end and its associated words, compare the synonyms for the verb END; also for AIM; CONSEQUENCE; DESIGN.
See synonyms for BEGINNING.
Synonyms:
accomplishment, achievement, bound, boundary, cessation, close, completion, conclusion, consequence, consummation, design, effect, end, end, expiration, extent, extremity, finale, finis, finish, fulfilment, goal, intent, issue, limit, outcome, point, purpose, result, termination, terminus, tip, utmost, uttermost
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes
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period
Synonyms:
time, date, epoch, era, age, duration, continuance, limit, bound, end, conclusion, determinationAntonyms:
eternity, datelessness, immemoriality, infinity, perpetuity, illimitability, endlessness, indefiniteness, indeterminateness
Princeton’s WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote
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time period, period of time, periodnoun
an amount of time
«a time period of 30 years»; «hastened the period of time of his recovery»; «Picasso’s blue period»
Synonyms:
stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop -
periodnoun
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
Synonyms:
stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop -
periodnoun
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
Synonyms:
stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop -
period, geological periodnoun
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
«ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods»
Synonyms:
stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop -
periodnoun
the end or completion of something
«death put a period to his endeavors»; «a change soon put a period to my tranquility»
Synonyms:
stop, period of time, catamenia, menstruum, menstruation, geological period, full point, time period, menses, point, flow, full stop -
menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, period, flownoun
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
Synonyms:
menstruum, flow rate, current, flowing, menses, menstruation, period of time, full point, stream, full stop, catamenia, time period, stop, flow, point, geological period, rate of flow -
period, point, full stop, stop, full pointnoun
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»
Synonyms:
hitch, occlusion, plosive, spot, menses, halt, catamenia, dot, period of time, stop, head, full stop, gunpoint, peak, flow, plosive speech sound, diaphragm, point, point in time, blockage, percentage point, breaker point, catch, full point, stop consonant, block, menstruation, time period, stopover, layover, level, occlusive, stage, degree, pointedness, stoppage, arrest, power point, stay, detail, decimal point, distributor point, item, plosive consonant, geological period, compass point, menstruum, tip, closure, check
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- Discharge
- Division
- End
- Fundamental Quantity
- Geological Time
- Hockey
- Punctuation Mark
- Time Interval
Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes
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periodnoun
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cycle, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years -
periodnoun
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periodnoun
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periodnoun
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periodnoun
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(Gram.) dot, full stop
PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes
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List of paraphrases for «period»:
duration, time, term, periods, deadline, exercise, length, era, timeframe, période, phase, during, periodo, times, time-limit, delay, stage, span, session, biennium, season, bucket, year, reporting, interval
How to pronounce period?
How to say period in sign language?
How to use period in a sentence?
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Steve Simon:
This revised schedule comprised of three WTA 500 events … will allow for our athletes coming out of the respected quarantine period to properly focus on their preparation in a return to competition.
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Jennifer Hammers:
Miss Campbell passed away because she lost a significant amount of blood in a short period of time.
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Republican Senate candidate Dr. Oz:
I never expected it would get ugly. Period. Certainly not this ugly, but I’m a porcupine.
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Mark Durcan:
This production lull is occurring in a normally seasonally slower demand period.
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Kevin McCarthy:
It’s irresponsible if the leader of the free world would say he’s not going to negotiate. I hope that’s just staff and not him, i think the most responsible thing to do is that we sit down – we’ve got the time period between now and June – and we find places that we could find savings for the American public.
Translations for period
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- فترة, نقطة, مرحلة زمنية, علامة فصلية, مدة, حدث متكرر, حينArabic
- períodeCatalan, Valencian
- tečka, perioda, období, a tečkaCzech
- periodeDanish
- Epoche, Zeitraum, Punkt, StundeGerman
- περίοδος, τελείαGreek
- punkto, periodoEsperanto
- período, punto, y puntoSpanish
- نقطه, والسلامPersian
- tunti, aika, jakso, lause, erä, kestoaika, hetki, piste, ajanjakso, päätepiste, ajankohta, kausiFinnish
- punktumFaroese
- point, période, cycleFrench
- stad-phuing, ùine, àmScottish Gaelic
- काल, ।, दंड, पूर्ण विरामHindi
- időszak, periódus, pontHungarian
- կետ, պարբերություն, վերջակետArmenian
- TitikIndonesian
- punto, periodoItalian
- פרק זמןHebrew
- 。, 句点, 時代Japanese
- 시대, 마침표, 종지부, 주기Korean
- دهمKurdish
- tempusLatin
- punktsLatvian
- период, точка, и точкаMacedonian
- periode, punt, punt uitDutch
- æra, punktum, periodeNorwegian
- kropka, okresPolish
- ponto, ponto final, períodoPortuguese
- perioadăRomanian
- пери́од, период, точка, циклRussian
- दंड, ।Sanskrit
- period, doba, razdobljeSerbo-Croatian
- bodka, periódaSlovak
- pika, obdobje, dobaSlovene
- pikë, periodike, periudhëAlbanian
- punkt, period, tidsperiod, och därmed bastaSwedish
- majira, mda, vipindiSwahili
- tuldokTagalog
- nokta, dönemTurkish
- کال, ۔Urdu
- giai đoạn = StageVietnamese
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Prefixes of period
Suffixes of period
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period
- noun an amount of time
period of time; time period.- a time period of 30 years
- hastened the period of time of his recovery
- Picasso’s blue period
- noun the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- More ‘period’ Meaning
- periods Associated Words
- periods Prefix/Suffix Words
- periods Related Words
- noun an amount of time
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periodic
- adjective happening or recurring at regular intervals
periodical.- the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
- adjective satellite recurring or reappearing from time to time
occasional.- periodic feelings of anxiety
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- adjective happening or recurring at regular intervals
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periodical
- noun a publication that appears at fixed intervals
- adjective happening or recurring at regular intervals
periodic.- the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
- More ‘periodical’ Meaning
- periodical Idioms/Phrases
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periodically
- adverb in a sporadic manner
sporadically.- he only works sporadically
- More ‘periodically’ Meaning
- periodically Associated Words
- periodically Related Words
- adverb in a sporadic manner
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periodical
- noun a publication that appears at fixed intervals
- adjective happening or recurring at regular intervals
periodic.- the periodic appearance of the seventeen-year locust
- More ‘periodical’ Meaning
- periodicals Associated Words
- periodicals Related Words
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periodicity
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
cyclicity.
- More ‘periodicity’ Meaning
- periodicity Associated Words
- periodicity Prefix/Suffix Words
- periodicity Related Words
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
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periodontal
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
periodontic.- periodontal disease
- More ‘periodontal’ Meaning
- periodontal Idioms/Phrases
- periodontal Associated Words
- periodontal Prefix/Suffix Words
- periodontal Related Words
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
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periodicity
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
cyclicity.
- More ‘periodicity’ Meaning
- periodicities Related Words
- noun the quality of recurring at regular intervals
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periodontitis
- noun a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
periodontal disease.
- More ‘periodontitis’ Meaning
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- periodontitis Related Words
- noun a disease that attacks the gum and bone and around the teeth
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periodontics
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
periodontia.
- More ‘periodontics’ Meaning
- periodontics Associated Words
- periodontics Related Words
- noun the branch of dentistry dealing with diseases of the gums and other structures around the teeth
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periodontist
- noun a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
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periodontist
- noun a dentist specializing in diseases of the gums and other structure surrounding the teeth
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periodontal
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
periodontic.- periodontal disease
- More ‘periodontal’ Meaning
- periodontally Related Words
- adjective of or relating to or involving or practicing periodontics
Derived words of period
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aperiodic
- adjective not recurring at regular intervals
nonperiodic.
- More ‘aperiodic’ Meaning
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- adjective not recurring at regular intervals
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nonperiodic
- adjective not recurring at regular intervals
aperiodic.
- More ‘nonperiodic’ Meaning
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- adjective not recurring at regular intervals
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Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Adjective
- 1.2 Interjection
- 1.3 Noun
- 1.4 Adjectives for Period
- 1.5 Verbs for Period
- 1.6 Thesaurus
- 1.7 Etymology
- 1.8 Pronunciation
- 1.9 Synonyms
- 1.10 See also
- 2 Translations
- 2.1 Interjection
- 2.2 Noun
- 2.3 Anagrams
- 3 Croatian
- 3.1 Noun
- 3.2 Pronunciation
- 3.2.1 Declension
- 4 Serbo-Croatian
- 4.1 Noun
- 4.2 Pronunciation
- 4.2.1 Declension
- 5 Swedish
- 5.1 Noun
- 5.2 Pronunciation
- 5.2.1 Declension
- 5.3 Related terms
English
Adjective
Period (not comparable)
- Appropriate for a given historical era.
Interjection
Period
- (chiefly North America) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
Noun
Period (plural Periods)
- (obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
- An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.
- A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- (rhetoric) A periodic sentence.
- (now chiefly North America) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- A length of time.
- The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
- (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
- Female menstruation.
- A section of an artist’s, writer’s (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
- Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
- (chiefly North America) Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
- (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
- (genetics) A Drosophila gene which gene product is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm
Adjectives for Period
- (time) secluded; adequate; successive (plural); tortured; immediate; postwar; remote; unlimited; towering; prehistoric; immature; dismal; prolonged; engine-creating; brief; chronological; pivotal; corresponding; severe; dangerous; characteristic; distinct; critical; definite; mental; extended; smiling; frivolous; traditional; respective; well-defined; pretentious; momentous; dark; potential; bubble; rude; vigorous; stirring; long; glamorous; creative; controversial; dead; spiritual; modern; specified; variable; brilliant; devastating; limited; fruitful; disturbed; predetermined; unquiet; unmoral; corrupt; medieval; immense; pagan; formative melancholy; calamity; measurable; pretty reasonable; considerable; conversational sidereal; productive; eventful; glorious previous; lurid; palmy; contagious; glacial noteworthy; tickling; indefinite; nebulous typical; anomalistic; sluggish; provincial impressionable; chaotic; comfortable; proscribed; transition; flourishing; definite; pioneering; congested; amusing; long-forgotten; genial; happy; tranquil; expired; stated; moot; shameful; fecund; wondrous; discreditable; creative; probationary; trying.
Verbs for Period
characterize—; conclude—; inaugurate— launch—; perpetuate—; personify—; plunge into—; shorten—; usher in—; —achieves; —advances; —consumes; —dawns; —dies; —elapses; —embarks; —embraces; —expires; —flows; —glides; —intervenes; — terminates.
Thesaurus
mark, masculine caesura, measure, mechanical wave, menses, menstrual discharge, menstruation, meridian, meter, metrical accent, metrical foot, metrical group, metrical unit, metron, molossus, monthlies, mora, movement, musical phrase, musical sentence, node, notch, noun phrase, nuance, numbers, off season, omega, orbit, ornament, out of phase, paeon, paragraph, part, pas, passage, patch, pause, payoff, peculiar expression, peg, pentameter, pentapody, perigee, perihelion, periodic wave, periodicity, periods, peroration, phrasal idiom, phrase, pitch, plane, plateau, point, proceleusmatic, proportion, psychological time, pyrrhic, quantity, quietus, radio wave, rainy season, range, ratio, ray, reach, refrain, reinforcement, remove, resolution, resonance, resonance frequency, response, resting place, rhythm, ritornello, round, rung, scale, scope, season, seasonableness, seasonality, section, seismic wave, semicolon, sentence, set phrase, shade, shadow, shock wave, small circle, social season, solstitial colure, sound wave, space, space-time, span, spell, spondee, sprung rhythm, stair, standard, standard phrase, stanza, statement, step, stint, stop, stoppage, stopping place, strain, stress, stretch, surface wave, swan song, swing, syntactic structure, syzygy, tailpiece, tense, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tetrameter, tetrapody, tetraseme, that time, the curse, the future, the past, the present, the season, thesis, tidal wave, tide, time, time of year, timebinding, trajectory, transverse wave, tread, tribrach, trimeter, tripody, triseme, trochee, trough, turn of expression, turn of phrase, tutti, tutti passage, usage, utterance, variation, verb complex, verb phrase, verbalism, vernal equinox, verse, wave, wave equation, wave motion, wave number, wavelength, way of speaking, while, windup, word-group, years, zodiac, zone, Alexandrine, Archean, Archeozoic, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Cenozoic, Comanchean, Cretaceous, Devonian, Eocene, Glacial, Holocene, Lower Cretaceous, Lower Tertiary, Mesozoic, Miocene, Mississippian, Oligocene, Paleocene, Paleozoic, Pennsylvanian, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Precambrian, Proterozoic, Quaternary, Recent, Silurian, Tertiary, Triassic, Upper Cretaceous, Upper Tertiary, Z, accent, accentuation, adjectival phrase, aeon, age, amount, amphibrach, amphimacer, amplitude, anacrusis, anapest, annual period, antinode, antispast, aphelion, apodosis, apogee, arsis, astronomical longitude, autumnal equinox, bacchius, baseball season, basketball season, bass passage, beat, boundary, bourdon, bridge, burden, cadence, caesura, caliber, catalexis, catamenia, catamenial discharge, catastrophe, ceasing, celestial equator, celestial longitude, celestial meridian, cessation, chloriamb, chloriambus, chorus, chronology, circle, clause, close, closing, closure, coda, cold season, colon, colures, comma, compass, concert season, conclusion, construction, consummation, continuity, counterpoint, courses, crack of doom, crest, cretic, culmination, curtain, curtains, cut, dactyl, days, de Broglie wave, death, decease, degree, denouement, destination, destiny, development, diaeresis, diffraction, dimeter, dipody, discontinuance, division, dochmiac, doom, dry season, duration, duree, ecliptic, effect, electromagnetic wave, elegiac, elegiac couplet, elegiac pentameter, emphasis, end, end point, ending, envoi, epilogue, epitrite, epoch, equator, equinoctial, equinoctial circle, equinoctial colure, equinox, era, eschatology, expiration, exposition, expression, extent, fate, feminine caesura, figure, final solution, final twitch, final words, finale, finality, finis, finish, flowers, folderol, foot, football season, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, full stop, galactic longitude, geocentric longitude, geodetic longitude, goal, grade, great circle, guided wave, harmonic close, headed group, height, heliocentric longitude, heptameter, heptapody, heroic couplet, hexameter, hexapody, iamb, iambic, iambic pentameter, ictus, idiom, idiotism, in phase, interference, interlude, intermezzo, interval, introductory phrase, ionic, izzard, jingle, juncture, last, last breath, last gasp, last things, last trumpet, last words, lastingness, latter end, leap, level, light, lilt, locution, longitude, longitudinal wave, manner of speaking,
Etymology
From Middle English periode from Middle French periode from Medieval Latin periodus from Latin periodus from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos) «circuit, period of time, path around» from περί- (peri-) «around» + ὁδός (hodós) «way». Displaced native Middle English tide «interval, period, season» (from Old English tīd «time, period, season»), Middle English elde «age, period» (from Old English eldo, ieldo «age, period of time»).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɪərɪəd/
Synonyms
- (punctuation mark “.”): full stop (UK, Australia)
- See also Thesaurus:period
- (and nothing else): full stop
See also
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Translations
Interjection
Noun
punctation mark “.”
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something that repeats regularly
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Anagrams
- dopier
Croatian
Noun
Period m
(plural periodi)
- period (time)
- kroz neki vremenski period — through a time period
Pronunciation
- IPA: /perǐod/
- Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od
Declension
declension of Period
singular | plural | |
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nominative | period | periodi |
genitive | perioda | perioda |
dative | periodu | periodima |
accusative | period | periode |
vocative | periode | periodi |
locative | periodu | periodima |
instrumental | periodom | periodima |
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
perìod m. (Cyrillic spelling перѝод)
- period (of time)
Pronunciation
- IPA: /perǐod/
- Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od
Declension
declension of Period
singular | plural | |
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nominative | period | periodi |
genitive | perioda | perioda |
dative | periodu | periodima |
accusative | period | periode |
vocative | periode | periodi |
locative | periodu | periodima |
instrumental | periodom | periodima |
Swedish
Noun
Period c.
- a period, a limited amount of time
Pronunciation
Declension
- brunstperiod
- periodare
- periodicitet
- periodisering
- periodisk
- periodkort
- periodvis
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#1
Hello,
While reading a certain grammar book, I came across an explanation which said as below;
For (preposition)+period, such as «for 3 weeks» is only used with present perfect tense.
After reading it, I looked up online (local website) and I found out some blogs say that if «for+period» is used with past tense, it is really awkward and never used like that way.
As far as I know, past tense can be used with «for+period.» Do I know this right?
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#2
Please give us an example sentence, berriesuphere.
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#3
If my memory serves me right, I’ve seen sentences as below;
We were together for 3 years.
I worked as a teacher for 10 years.
But some say that the sentences above are wrong, and that only these kinds of sentences are right; We have worked there for 4 months. (Present perfect + for + period)
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#4
For (preposition)+period, such as «for 3 weeks» is only used with present perfect tense.
I will be doing it for six weeks.
I had been doing it for six weeks.
For quite often refers to a period of past time continuing to the present. Then it will attract the present perfect tense. In your examples of #3 for does not mean this.
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#5
But some say that the sentences above are wrong
‘Some’ are wrong.
Cross-posted.
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#6
I will be doing it for six weeks.
I had been doing it for six weeks.For quite often refers to a period of past time continuing to the present. Then it will attract the present perfect tense. In your examples of #3 for does not mean this.
Thanks to you, I understand that «for+period» usually goes with present perfect. Then this phrase never goes with past tense? Or if «for period» is used with past tense, is it grammatically wrong?
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#7
Hi,
You can use «for» with any tense. It simply indicates that the action lasted / has been lasting / is going to last etc. for a certain duration.
We’ve been married for ten years → we got married ten years ago and we’re still counting.
We were married for ten years → we got married in an unspecified year and we divorced (or one of us was widowed) ten years after that.
We’re going to be married for ten years → we’re going to get married and we know (somehow) that it’ll last ten years.
The word you cannot use with any random grammatical tense is «since»:
We’ve been together since December.
We were together since December.
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#8
Hi,
You can use «for» with any tense. It simply indicates that the action lasted / has been lasting / is going to last etc. for a certain duration.
We’ve been married for ten years → we got married ten years ago and we’re still counting.
We were married for ten years → we got married in an unspecified year and we divorced (or one of us was widowed) ten years after that.
We’re going to be married for ten years → we’re going to get married and we know (somehow) that it’ll last ten years.The word you cannot use with any random grammatical tense is «since»:
We’ve been together since December.
We were together since December.
I agree.
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#9
Yes, for can refer to any time period. You can use the tense of the verb to indicate where the period is located in time: for example, if you use for with the present perfect continuous, you indicate that it is a period of past time continuing to the present.