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English word period comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) περί-, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ὁδός

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Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
περί-	Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
ὁδός	Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
περίοδος	Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
periodus	Malayalam (mal)
periode	Middle French (ca. 1400-1600) (frm)
periode	Middle English (1100-1500) (enm)
period	English (eng)	(of a film, or play, or similar) Set in and designed to evoke a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.. Appropriate for a given historical era. (chiefly, North America) Nothing more and nothing less; used for emphasis. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to. (archaic) End […]

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/ ˈpɪər i əd /

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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.

a round of time or series of years by which time is measured.

a round of time marked by the recurrence of some phenomenon or occupied by some recurring process or action.

the point of completion of a round of time or of the time during which something lasts or happens.

Education. a specific length of time during school hours that a student spends in a classroom, laboratory, etc., or has free.

any of the parts of equal length into which a game is divided.

the time during which something runs its course.

the present time.

the point or character (.) used to mark the end of a declarative sentence, indicate an abbreviation, etc.; full stop.

a full pause, as is made at the end of a complete sentence; full stop.

a sentence, especially a well-balanced, impressive sentence: the stately periods of Churchill.

a periodic sentence.

an occurrence of menstruation.

a time of the month during which menstruation occurs.

Geology. the basic unit of geologic time, during which a standard rock system is formed: comprising two or more epochs and included with other periods in an era.

Physics. the duration of one complete cycle of a wave or oscillation; the reciprocal of the frequency.

Music. a division of a composition, usually a passage of eight or sixteen measures, complete or satisfactory in itself, commonly consisting of two or more contrasted or complementary phrases ending with a conclusive cadence; sentence (def. 3).

Astronomy.

Also called period of rotation . the time in which a body rotates once on its axis.
Also called period of revolution . the time in which a planet or satellite revolves once about its primary.

Classical Prosody. a group of two or more cola.

adjective

noting, pertaining to, evocative of, imitating, or representing a historical period or the styles current during a specific period of history: period costumes; a period play.

interjection

(used by a speaker or writer to indicate that a decision is irrevocable or that a point is no longer discussable): I forbid you to go, period.

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Origin of period

1375–1425; late Middle English periode (<Middle French ) <Medieval Latin periodus,Latin <Greek períodos circuit, period of time, period in rhetoric, literally, way around. See peri-, -ode²

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OTHER WORDS FROM period

sub·pe·ri·od, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH period

interval, period

Words nearby period

perinephrium, perineum, perineuritis, perineurium, perinuclear, period, periodate, period drama, periodic, periodic acid, periodical

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What is a basic definition of period?

A period is a punctuation symbol that is used to end most sentences. A period is also a specified length of time or a length of time where something important happened or a trend occurred. Period has many other senses as a noun, an adjective, and an interjection.

A period is a major punctuation mark used in English that resembles a dot, like the dot at the end of this sentence. A period is used to end any sentence that isn’t a question (which uses a question mark) or an exclamation (which uses an exclamation point) or that trails off using an ellipsis. Periods are also used in abbreviations, such as Mrs. or Dr.

Real-life examples: This sentence ends in a period. This sentence also ends in a period. Most of the sentences you read, such as this one, end in periods.

Used in a sentence: In English, we use periods to end most sentences.

The word period is also used to refer to a length of time where something important happened or was defined by something memorable.

Real-life examples: A person may experience a period of illness. A business may go through a period where it didn’t make much money. For most people, the teenage years are a rebellious period of their life.

Used in a sentence: Stores always experience a period of increased business during the holidays.

The word period can also be used to refer to any designated length of time.

Used in a sentence: He likes to read books about the Medieval period.

The word period can refer to a length of time where some distinctive phenomena or trend happened.

Real-life example: The Renaissance period of European history had a distinct trend of creativity in art and culture.

Used in a sentence: She is an expert in literature from the Victorian period.

Where does period come from?

The first records of the term period come from around 1375. It ultimately comes from the Greek períodos, meaning “a circuit” or “a period of time.”

Period also refers to an instance of menstruation.

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How is period used in real life?

Period is a very common word that often refers to lengths of time.

In my 20 years of trading, I have not witnessed this increase in prices within such a short period of time. Goods i placed order for in a particular company on the 30th of October has not been supplied to my warehouse and there has been two price increment within the period!

— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) November 24, 2020

Depressing thought : You will never live in the Japanese Edo period

— Joos (@inVeritat) November 17, 2020

Blessed are students who put periods and commas inside of quotation marks.

— Christopher Bishop (@Chris_Bishop) September 25, 2020

Try using period!

Which of the following sentences ends in a period?

A. What time is it?
B. I am a good listener.
C. Look at that!
D. It is too quiet here …

Words related to period

age, course, cycle, date, duration, era, season, span, stage, stretch, term, time, end, aeon, days, epoch, generation, interval, measure, space

How to use period in a sentence

There is no requirement that the names of geological periods correspond to the contents of their strata.
This data goes back to mid July for this chart but you can run it for a longer period of time if you’re curious.
Wearables revenue was up 23% year on year in the second quarter of 2020, while iPhone revenue dropped 7% for the same period.
At the moment, the database encompasses some 1,300 cases, stretching over a period that begins in 1982.

Overall, Eastern Europe accounted for 12% of global cryptocurrency activity in the period.
Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.
The detectives are still at it, seeking to account for a period of time when Brinsley may well have paused to sit somewhere.
The idea that January 1st initiates a period of new beginning is not a flash of Hallmark brilliance.
The FCC investigation recently closed its comment period on the Marriott case.
Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Tobacco at this period was also rolled up in the leaves of the Palm and smoked.
She did her work at a most interesting period in Dutch painting.
(p. 054) At this period it appears that tobacco was used as money, and as the measure of price and value.
At this period it brought enormous prices, the finest selling at from fifteen to eighteen shillings per pound.

British Dictionary definitions for period

noun

a portion of time of indefinable lengthhe spent a period away from home

a portion of time specified in some waythe Arthurian period; Picasso’s blue period
(as modifier)period costume

a nontechnical name for an occurrence of menstruation

geology a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks is formedthe Jurassic period

a division of time, esp of the academic day

physics maths

the time taken to complete one cycle of a regularly recurring phenomenon; the reciprocal of frequencySymbol: T
an interval in which the values of a periodic function follow a certain pattern that is duplicated over successive intervalssin x = sin ( x + 2π ), where 2π is the period

astronomy

the time required by a body to make one complete rotation on its axis
the time interval between two successive maxima or minima of light variation of a variable star

chem one of the horizontal rows of elements in the periodic table. Each period starts with an alkali metal and ends with a rare gasCompare group (def. 11)

Also called: full stop the punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence that is not a question or exclamation, after abbreviations, etc

a complete sentence, esp a complex one with several clauses

Also called: sentence music a passage or division of a piece of music, usually consisting of two or more contrasting or complementary musical phrases and ending on a cadence

(in classical prosody) a unit consisting of two or more cola

rare a completion or end

Word Origin for period

C14 peryod, from Latin periodus, from Greek periodos circuit, from peri- + hodos way

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Scientific definitions for period

A division of geologic time that is longer than an epoch and shorter than an era.

The duration of one cycle of a regularly recurring action or event. See also cycle frequency.

An occurrence of menstruation.

In the Periodic Table, any of the seven horizontal rows that contain elements arranged in order of increasing atomic number. All the elements in a particular period have the same number of electron shells in their atoms, equal to the number of the period. Thus, atoms of nickel, copper, and zinc, in period four, each have four electron shells. See Periodic Table.

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Cultural definitions for period

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Alternative forms[edit]

per. (abbreviation)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, an interval of time, path around”), from περί- (perí-, “around”) + ὁδός (hodós, “way”). Displaced native Middle English tide (“interval, period, season”), from Old English tīd (“time, period, season”), as well as Middle English elde (“age, period”), from Old English ieldu (“age, period of time”).

Pronunciation[edit]

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/, /ˈpɪə.ɹɪ.əd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/, /ˈpɪɹ.i.əd/
(Hong Kong) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɹɪd/

Noun[edit]

period (plural periods)

A length of time. [from 17th c.]

There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

You’ll be on probation for a six-month period.
A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era. [from 16th c.]

Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  
  With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede’s at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.
(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 299:
  
  ‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’
(figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  
  My sufferings, physical and mental, are more than I can bear, and when such small arrangements as I have to make for your future well-being are completed it is my intention to put a period to them.
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. [from 17th c.]
(euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this. [from 18th c.]

When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
A section of an artist’s, writer’s (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc. [from 19th c.]

This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity. [from 19th c.]

I have math class in second period.
(sports, chiefly ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided. [from 19th c.]

Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
(sports, chiefly ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.

They won in the first overtime period.
(obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course. [15th–19th c.]
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc. [from 16th c.]
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 1:
  
  Why now let me die, for I haue liu’d long enough : This is the period of my ambition : O this bleſſed houre.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC, page 203:
  
  All comes to one period, whether man make an end of himſelfe, or whether he endure-it […].
- a. 1667, Jeremy Taylor, “Advent Sunday Dooms-Day Book: Or, Christ’s Advent to Judgement”, in Ἐνιαυτος: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays Of the Year, London: R. Norton, published 1673, page 8:
  
  […] and yet this is but the ἀρχή ὠδίνων, the Beginning of those evils which shall never End till eternity hath a period […]
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 1537–1539:
  
  So ſpake th’ Archangel Michael, then paus’d, / As at the Worlds great period ; and our Sire / Replete with joy and wonder thus repli’d.
(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole. [from 16th c.]
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Timber
  
  Periods are beautiful when they are not too long.
- 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
  
  He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved.
(obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage. [17th–19th c.]
- 1720, Alexander Pope, translating Homer, Iliad, Book IV (note 125):
  
  The Death of Patroclus was the most eminent Period; and consequently the most proper Time for such Games.
(chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
(geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.

These fossils are from the Jurassic period.
(genetics) A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
- 2009 November 20, “Gene Dmelper”, in FlyBase‎^[1] (Gene Report (database record)), The FlyBase Consortium, retrieved 7 December:
  
  Symbol: Dmelper / Species: D. melanogaster / Name: period
(music) Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
(mathematics) The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
(archaic) End point, conclusion.
- 1590, Robert Greene, Greenes Mourning Garment, London: Thomas Newman, “The Shepheards Tale,” p. 17,^[2]
  
  As thus all gazed on hir, so she glaunced hir lookes on all, surueying them as curiously, as they noted hir exactly, but at last she set downe her period on the face of Alexis […]
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
  
  And if my death might make this island happy,
  And prove the period of their tyranny,
  I would expend it with all willingness:
- 1629, John Beaumont, “A Description of Love” in Bosworth-field with a Taste of the Variety of Other Poems, London: Henry Seile, p. 100,^[3]
  
  When Loue thus in his Center ends,
  
  Desire and Hope, his inward friends
  
  Are shaken off: while Doubt and Griefe,
  
  The weakest giuers of reliefe,
  
  Stand in his councell as the chiefe:
  
  And now he to his period brought,
  
  From Loue becomes some other thought.
- 1651, William Cartwright, The Ordinary, London: Humphrey Moseley, Act III, Scene 5, p. 51,^[4]
  
  Set up an hour-glasse; hee’l go on untill
  
  The last sand make his Period.

Synonyms[edit]

(punctuation mark “.”): point; full stop (UK, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa); dot (computing, abbreviations); full-point, plain point (obsolete)
(menstrual period): see also Thesaurus:menstruation.
See also Thesaurus:period

Antonyms[edit]

(length of time of recurrence of a periodic phenomenon): frequency

Hyponyms[edit]

pseudoperiod

Derived terms[edit]

half-period
long-period
medium-period
period poverty
periodization
pseudoperiodic
short-period
Sothic period

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periodic

Translations[edit]

a length of time

Albanian: periudhë (sq) f
Arabic: فَتْرَة‎ f (fatra)
Armenian: ժամանակահատված (hy) (žamanakahatvac)
Azerbaijani: müddət (az)
Belarusian: пэры́яд m (perýjad), праме́жак m (pramjéžak)
Bulgarian: перио́д (bg) m (periód)
Catalan: període (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 時期／时期 (zh) (shíqī)
Czech: období (cs) n
Danish: period c
Dutch: periode (nl) f
Esperanto: periodo (eo)
Estonian: periood (et)
Finnish: jakso (fi), ajanjakso (fi), aika (fi)
French: période (fr) f
Galician: período (gl) m
German: Zeitraum (de) m, Periode (de) f
Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos)

Ancient: περίοδος f (períodos)
Haitian Creole: peryòd
Hebrew: תְּקוּפָה‎ (he) f (tkufá)
Hungarian: időszak (hu)
Italian: periodo (it) m
Indonesian: masa (id)
Japanese: 期間 (ja) (きかん, kikan)
Kazakh: кезең (kezeñ)
Korean: 기간(期間) (ko) (gigan)
Latin: aetas (la) f
Latvian: laikmets m
Lithuanian: laikotarpis (lt) m
Macedonian: перио́д m (periód)
Maori: takiwā
Norwegian:

Bokmål: periode (no) m
Persian: دوره‎ (fa) (dowre), مدت‎ (fa) (moddat)
Polish: okres (pl) m, period (pl) m (formal)
Portuguese: período (pt) m
Romanian: perioadă (ro) f
Russian: пери́од (ru) m (períod), промежу́ток (ru) m (promežútok)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: ра́здо̄бље n, перѝод m

Roman: rázdōblje (sh) n, perìod (sh) m
Slovene: obdobje n
Spanish: período (es) m
Swedish: period (sv) c
Tagalog: takda (tl)
Tajik: давра (davra), муддат (muddat)
Tausug: jaman
Thai: ตอน (th) (dtɔɔn)
Turkish: devir (tr)
Ukrainian: пері́од m (períod), про́міжок m (prómižok)
Uyghur: دەۋر‎ (dewr)
Uzbek: davr (uz), muddat (uz)

length of time for a disease to run its course

end or conclusion; final point of a process

history: period of time seen as coherent entity

Albanian: periudhë (sq)
Arabic: مَرْحَلَة زَمْنِيَّة‎ f (marḥala zamniyya), مُدَّة‎ f (mudda), حِين‎ (ar) m (ḥīn), (length of time) فَتْرَة‎ f (fatra), عَصْر‎ (ar) m (ʕaṣr)
Armenian: շրջան (hy) (šrǰan), ժամականաշրջան (žamakanašrǰan), փուլ (hy) (pʿul)
Belarusian: перы́яд m (pjerýjad)
Bulgarian: епо́ха (bg) f (epóha)
Catalan: període (ca) m
Chinese:

Mandarin: 時代／时代 (zh) (shídài)
Czech: období (cs) n
Dutch: periode (nl) f
Finnish: aika (fi), ajanjakso (fi)
French: période (fr) f
German: Epoche (de) f, Zeitraum (de) m, Periode (de) f
Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos)
Hebrew: תְּקוּפָה‎ (he) f (tkufá)
Hindi: काल (hi) m (kāl)
Hungarian: időszak (hu), periódus (hu)
Indonesian: masa (id)
Italian: periodo (it) m
Japanese: 時代 (ja) (じだい, jidai)
Korean: 시대(時代) (ko) (sidae)
Kurdish:

Central Kurdish: دەم‎ (ckb) (dem)
Macedonian: перио́д m (periód)
Malayalam: കാലഘട്ടം (kālaghaṭṭaṃ)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: periode (no) m, æra (no) m
Persian: دوره‎ (fa) (dowre), مدت‎ (fa) (moddat)
Polish: okres (pl) m, period (pl) (formal)
Portuguese: período (pt) m
Romanian: perioadă (ro) f
Russian: пери́од (ru) m (períod)
Scottish Gaelic: àm m, ùine f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: перѝод m, до̑ба f, ра́здо̄бље n

Roman: perìod (sh) m, dȏba (sh) n, rázdōblje (sh) n
Slovak: perióda
Slovene: doba f, obdobje n
Spanish: período (es) m
Swahili: zamani (sw), muda (sw)
Swedish: period (sv) c, tidsperiod (sv)
Tagalog: puktol, panahon (tl)
Tajik: давра (davra), муддат (muddat)
Turkish: dönem (tr)
Ukrainian: пері́од m (períod)
Urdu: کال‎ m (kāl)
Uzbek: davr (uz)
Vietnamese: giai đoạn (vi), thời kì (vi)

punctation mark “.”

Albanian: pikë (sq)
Arabic: نُقْطَة‎ (ar) f (nuqṭa), عَلَامَة فَصْلِيَّة‎ f (ʿalāma faṣliyya)
Armenian: (indicating end of sentence) վերջակետ (hy) (verǰaket), (marking an abbreviation) կետ (hy) (ket)
Azerbaijani: nöqtə (az)
Belarusian: кро́пка f (krópka)
Bulgarian: то́чка (bg) f (tóčka)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 。 (zh) (Chinese symbol), 句號／句号 (zh) (jùhào), 句點／句点 (zh) (jùdiǎn) (European dot: “.”)
Czech: tečka (cs) f
Danish: punktum (da) n
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: punt (nl) f
Esperanto: punkto
Estonian: punkt (et)
Faroese: punktum n
Finnish: piste (fi)
French: point (fr) m
Georgian: წერტილი (c̣erṭili)
German: Punkt (de) m
Greek: τελεία (el) f (teleía)
Hausa: ɗigo m
Hebrew: נקודה / נְקֻדָּה‎ (he) f (n’kudá)
Hindi: । (Hindi symbol), दंड (hi) m (daṇḍ), पूर्ण विराम (pūrṇ virām)
Hungarian: pont (hu)
Icelandic: punktur (is) m
Italian: punto (it) m
Japanese: 。 (ja) (Japanese symbol), 句点 (ja) (くてん, kuten), 終止符 (ja) (しゅうしふ, shūshifu), ピリオド (ja) (piriodo)
Kazakh: нүкте (kk) (nükte)
Korean: 마침표 (ko) (machimpyo), 종지부(終止符) (ko) (jongjibu)
Kyrgyz: чекит (ky) (çekit)
Latvian: punkts m
Lithuanian: taškas (lt) m
Macedonian: точка f (točka)
Maranao: ayatan
Mongolian:

Cyrillic: цэг (mn) (ceg)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: punktum (no) n
Persian: نقطه‎ (fa) (noqte)
Plautdietsch: Punkt m
Polish: kropka (pl) f
Portuguese: ponto (pt) m, ponto final (pt) m
Romanian: punct (ro) n
Russian: то́чка (ru) f (tóčka)
Sanskrit: ।, दंड (sa) m (daṃḍa)
Scottish Gaelic: stad-phuing f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: та̏чка f, то̏чка f

Roman: tȁčka (sh) f, tȍčka (sh) f
Slovak: bodka (sk) f
Slovene: pika (sl) f
Spanish: punto (es) m
Swahili: nukta (sw)
Swedish: punkt (sv) c
Tagalog: tuldok
Tajik: нуқта (nuqta)
Thai: จุด (th) (jùt), มหัพภาค (th) (má-hàp-pâak)
Turkish: nokta (tr)
Ukrainian: кра́пка f (krápka)
Urdu: ۔‎ (Urdu symbol), خَتْمَہ‎ m (xatmā)
Uyghur: چېكىت‎ (chëkit)
Uzbek: nuqta (uz)
Yiddish: פּונקט‎ m (punkt)

length of time during which something repeats

Albanian: periodike
Arabic: حَدَث مُتَكَرِّر‎ m (ḥadaṯ mutakarrir)
Armenian: պարբերություն (hy) (parberutʿyun)
Bulgarian: перио́д (bg) m (periód)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 週期／周期 (zh) (zhōuqī, zhōuqí)
Czech: perioda (cs)
Dutch: periode (nl) f
Finnish: jakso (fi), jaksonaika
French: période (fr) f, cycle (fr) m
Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos)
Hungarian: periódus (hu)
Indonesian: masa (id)
Italian: periodo (it) m
Japanese: 周期 (ja) (しゅうき, shūki)
Korean: 주기(週期) (ko) (jugi)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: periode (no) m
Polish: cykl (pl) m
Portuguese: período (pt) m
Russian: цикл (ru) m (cikl), пери́од (ru) (períod)
Scottish Gaelic: ùine f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: перѝод m

Roman: perìod (sh) m
Slovak: perióda
Slovene: perioda f
Spanish: período (es) m
Swahili: muda (sw)
Tagalog: takda (tl)

specific moment during a process

division of school day

Arabic: حِصَّةٌ‎ f (ḥiṣṣatun)
Bulgarian: час (bg) m (čas)
Danish: lektion, modul, time (da)
Finnish: tunti (fi)
German: Stunde (de) f
Greek: ώρα (el) f (óra)
Polish: lekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: aula (pt) f, período (pt) m
Russian: уро́к (ru) m (urók)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: са̑т m

Roman: sȃt (sh) m
Slovene: ura (sl) f
Spanish: hora (es) f
Vietnamese: tiết (vi)

chemistry: row in the periodic table

Finnish: jakso (fi)
French: période (fr) f
Greek: περίοδος (el) f (períodos)
Hungarian: periódus (hu)
Irish: peiriad m
Japanese: 周期 (ja) (しゅうき, shūki)
Polish: okres (pl) m
Portuguese: período (pt) m, série (pt) f
Russian: пери́од (ru) m (períod)
Serbo-Croatian: perioda (sh) f
Slovene: perioda
Spanish: periodo (es) m
Swedish: period (sv) c

geochronologic unit

Arabic: عَصْر‎ (ar) m (ʕaṣr)
Chinese:

Mandarin: 紀／纪 (zh) (jì)
Finnish: kausi (fi)
French: système (fr) m
German: System (de) n
Hebrew: תּוֹר‎ (he) m (tor)
Japanese: 紀 (ja) (き, ki)
Kazakh: кезең (kezeñ)
Korean: 기(紀) (ko) (gi)
Polish: okres (pl) m
Portuguese: período (pt) m
Russian: пери́од (ru) m (períod)
Spanish: período (es) m
Swedish: period (sv) c
Vietnamese: kỉ (vi)

genetics: type of gene

Finnish: period-geeni

Adjective[edit]

period (not comparable)

Designating anything from a given historical era. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

a period car

a period TV commercial
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
- 2004, Mark Singer, Somewhere in America, Houghton Mifflin, page 70:
  
  As the guests arrived — there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire — I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I got over it. I certainly didn’t suffer from Confederate-uniform envy.

Interjection[edit]

period

(chiefly Canada, US) That’s final; that’s the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

I know you don’t want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!

Synonyms[edit]

(that’s final): full stop; that’s that; end of discussion

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

period (third-person singular simple present periods, present participle perioding, simple past and past participle perioded)

(obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
  
  For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied.
(obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.

Anagrams[edit]

-poride, dopier, dorpie

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin periodus, Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.rjɔt/
Rhymes: -ɛrjɔt
Syllabification: pe‧riod

Noun[edit]

period m inan

(literary) period (a length of time)

Synonym: okres
(literary) period (a period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity)

Synonym: okres
(literary) period (the length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur)

Synonym: okres
(physiology) period (female menstruation)

Synonyms: ciota, ciotka, menstruacja, miesiączka, okres
(rhetoric) period (full sentence)

Synonym: okres

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

aperiodyczny
nieperiodyczny
periodyczny
periodyzacyjny

periodycznie

periodyczność
periodyk
periodyzacja

periodyzować
speriodyzować

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

period n (plural perioade)

Alternative form of perioadă

Declension[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /perǐod/
Hyphenation: pe‧ri‧od

Noun[edit]

perìod m (Cyrillic spelling перѝод)

period (of time)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

“period” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Swedish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /pɛrːjuːd/
Rhymes: -uːd

Noun[edit]

period c

a period, a limited amount of time
(ice hockey, floorball) period

Declension[edit]

Declension of period
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	period	perioden	perioder	perioderna
Genitive	periods	periodens	perioders	periodernas

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIOD

Peryod, from Latin periodus, from Greek periodos circuit, from peri- + hodos way.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PERIOD

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIOD

Period is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERIOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Period

Period or periodic may refer to: ▪ Timeframe, a length or era of time ▪ Full stop or period, a punctuation mark…

Definition of period in the English dictionary

The first definition of period in the dictionary is a portion of time of indefinable length. Other definition of period is a portion of time specified in some way. Period is also a nontechnical name for an occurrence of menstruation.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIOD

Synonyms and antonyms of period in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «PERIOD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «period» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «period» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF PERIOD

Find out the translation of period to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of period from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «period» in English.

Translator English — Chinese

时期

1,325 millions of speakers

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periodo

570 millions of speakers

English

period

510 millions of speakers

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अवधि

380 millions of speakers

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مُدَّةً

280 millions of speakers

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период

278 millions of speakers

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período

270 millions of speakers

Translator English — Bengali

কাল

260 millions of speakers

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période

220 millions of speakers

Translator English — Malay

Tempoh

190 millions of speakers

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Periode

180 millions of speakers

Translator English — Japanese

期間

130 millions of speakers

Translator English — Korean

기간

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Javanese

Periode

85 millions of speakers

Translator English — Vietnamese

thời kỳ

80 millions of speakers

Translator English — Tamil

காலம்

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Marathi

कालावधी

75 millions of speakers

Translator English — Turkish

dönem

70 millions of speakers

Translator English — Italian

periodo

65 millions of speakers

Translator English — Polish

okres

50 millions of speakers

Translator English — Ukrainian

період

40 millions of speakers

Translator English — Romanian

perioadă

30 millions of speakers

Translator English — Greek

περίοδος

15 millions of speakers

Translator English — Afrikaans

tydperk

14 millions of speakers

Translator English — Swedish

period

10 millions of speakers

Translator English — Norwegian

tidsrom

5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of period

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIOD»

The term «period» is very widely used and occupies the 2.234 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERIOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «period» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «period» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about period

10 QUOTES WITH «PERIOD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word period.

The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man. Don’t get me wrong — I enjoy that too, but I get more enjoyment out of really listening to everyone.

My thing is music, period.

My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50’s and 60’s and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.

Every woman in her late 20s goes through a period where she just doesn’t believe love is out there anymore, but it is. And I think the minute you stop looking for it is when it comes for you.

I know what it’s like to be left out… I certainly went through a period of time where I got made fun of and people were so mean to me, so I can really relate to that.

I love being someone I’m not for a period of time. I love every minute of being in someone else’s skin.

I like to work for a while, and then do nothing for some period.

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

The second half of the ’60s really was a kind of learning period, in terms of writing, for me.

I frequently hear our present period described as uncertain, confused, chaotic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERIOD»

Discover the use of period in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to period and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Period: A Girl’s Guide to Menstration with a Parent’s Guide

Discusses the physical and psychological changes at the onset of menstruation. Includes a guide for parents and teachers.

JoAnn Loulan, Bonnie Worthen, 2001

The culmination of Cooper’s explorations into sex and death, youth culture, and the search for the ineffable object of desire, Period is a breathtaking, mesmerizing final statement to the five-book cycle it completes.

Simple text and photographs introduce the period and explain how and when to use it.

Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, 2001

Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period: Apocrypha, …

This volume describes that part of the rich literary production of ancient Judaism which was not contained in the Hebrew Bible nor in rabbinic literature.

A History of Psychology: Mediaeval and Early Modern Period

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

George Sidney Brett, 2002

A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period

A new history of North Africa within the Islamic period from the Arab conquest to the present.

The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period

This 2004 book investigates how the national culture can be understood through a study of books that were read.

The History of Medieval Canon Law in the Classical Period, …

This latest volume in the ongoing History of Medieval Canon Law series covers the period from Gratian’s initial teaching of canon law during the 1120s to just before the promulgation of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX in 1234.

Wilfried Hartmann, Kenneth Pennington, 2008

A History of Israelite Religion in the Old Testament Period

This book, the second of two volumes, offers a comprehensive history of Israelite religion.

Religion, Learning and Science in the ‘Abbasid Period

Writings in learned subjects from the period eighth to thirteenth centuries, AD.

M. J. L. Young, J. D. Latham, R. B. Serjeant, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERIOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term period is used in the context of the following news items.

Onset of 1st period can vary widely

Q: I have heard that after a girl starts breast development , you should expect the onset of her menstrual period to follow in one to two years. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Isle of Wight scandal makes racy BBC period drama

A SCANDAL that rocked the Isle of Wight and sent shockwaves through Georgian society will be brought to TV screens. Based on the story of … «Isle of Wight County Press, Jul 15»

MacKaye Water special filing period

The San Juan County Elections Office announces a special three day filing period July 29 at 8 a.m. through July 31 at 4:30 p.m. for three … «Islands’ Sounder, Jul 15»

Victorian Period home on Reid Terrace

This beautiful 5800 square-foot, 14-room mansion stood vacant without heat and maintenance for several years. When Sean Hale and Ingrid … «Wicked Local Swampscott, Jul 15»

“I love you, period.”

“I love you, period.” Those are the words we long to hear. We would give up riches to have those words whispered with conviction in our ears. «Casper Journal, Jul 15»

Celyad SA’s Quiet Period Set To Expire on July 29th (NASDAQ:CYAD)

Celyad SA logo Celyad SA’s (NASDAQ:CYAD) quiet period is set to expire on Wednesday, July 29th. Celyad SA had issued 1,460,000 shares … «sleekmoney, Jul 15»

Here’s why an artist has added period stains on the dresses of some …

Girls get their period once a month. Sometimes it gets messy. Get over it. (full story on Instagram @SaintHoax) pic.twitter.com/509AUXA8qA. «thejournal.ie, Jul 15»

Sylva’s Period Was A Set Back For Bayelsa – Alameiseigha

So, that period, I think, was a set back. Dickson has come in, we can now drive to places that were impossible before and we can see changes; … «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

Candidate filing period for Osage School Board election now open

OSAGE | Individuals interested in being candidates for one of three director positions open on the Osage School Board should contact school … «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jul 15»

IPO Quiet Period Expiration: Natera

NTRA’s IPO quiet period expires on July 27th, allowing the IPO’s lead underwriters to release information about the company on July 28th. «Insider Monkey, Jul 15»

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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [peer-ee-uh d]
- /ˈpɪər i əd/
- /ˈpɪəriəd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [peer-ee-uh d]
- /ˈpɪər i əd/

Definitions of period word

noun period 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. 1
noun period any specified division or portion of time: poetry of the period from 1603 to 1660. 1
noun period a round of time or series of years by which time is measured. 1
noun period a round of time marked by the recurrence of some phenomenon or occupied by some recurring process or action. 1
noun period the point of completion of a round of time or of the time during which something lasts or happens. 1
noun period Education. a specific length of time during school hours that a student spends in a classroom, laboratory, etc., or has free. 1

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Origin of period

First appearance:

before 1375

One of the 22% oldest English words

1375-1425; late Middle English periode (< Middle French) < Medieval Latin periodus, Latin < Greek períodos circuit, period of time, period in rhetoric, literally, way around. See peri-, -ode2

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Parts of speech for Period

period popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between «mom» and «screwdriver».

Synonyms for period

noun period

aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
at one’s convenience — at a time, or in a place or manner, suitable to one
ballgame — any game played with a ball
chalk talk — an informal lecture with pertinent points, explanatory diagrams, etc, shown on a blackboard
chapter — A chapter is one of the parts that a book is divided into. Each chapter has a number, and sometimes a title.

adjective period

monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Period may refer to:

Common uses

Era, a length or span of time
Full stop (or period), a punctuation mark
Menstruation, commonly referred to as a «period»

Arts, entertainment, and media

Period (music), a concept in musical composition
Periodic sentence (or rhetorical period), a concept in grammar and literary style.
Period, a descriptor for a historical or period drama
Period, a timeframe in which a particular style of antique furniture or some other work of art was produced, such as the «Edwardian period»
Period (Another American Lie), a 1987 album by B.A.L.L.
Period (mixtape), a 2018 mixtape by City Girls
Period, the final book in Dennis Cooper’s George Miles cycle of novels

Mathematics

In a repeating decimal, the length of the repetend
Period of a function, length or duration after which a function repeats itself
Period (algebraic geometry), numbers that can be expressed as integrals of algebraic differential forms over algebraically defined domains, forming a ring

Science

Period (gene), a gene in Drosophila involved in regulating circadian rhythm
Period (periodic table), a horizontal row of the periodic table
«Period-» or «per-iod-«, in some chemical compounds, «per» refers to oxidation state, and «iod» refers to the compound containing iodine
Unit of time or timeframe
- Period (geology), a subdivision of geologic time
- Period (physics), the duration of time of one cycle in a repeating event
- Orbital period, the time needed for one object to complete an orbit around another
- Rotation period, the time needed for one object to complete a revolution
Wavelength, the spatial period of a periodic wave
Sentence (linguistics), especially when discussing complex sentences in Latin syntax

Other uses

Period (school), a class meeting time in schools
Period (ice hockey), a division of play in an ice hockey game
Accounting period, often shortened to «period» in business, an accounting timeframe analogous to a month

Detailed word origin of period

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERIOD

PRONUNCIATION OF PERIOD

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERIOD

WHAT DOES PERIOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Period

Definition of period in the English dictionary

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERIOD

Synonyms and antonyms of period in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS OF «PERIOD»

Translation of «period» into 25 languages

TRANSLATION OF PERIOD

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