period

Meaning

Noun

1. A length of time.
2. A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
3. (Canada, Philippines, US) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
4. (figuratively) A decisive end to something; a stop.
5. 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.
6. (euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this.
7. (euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this.
8. A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
9. Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
10. Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
11. One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
12. (obsolete) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
13. (archaic) An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.
14. (rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
15. (obsolete) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
16. A row in the periodic table of the elements.
17. A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
18. A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
19. Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
20. The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Designating anything from a given historical era.
2. (not-comparable) Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

Intj

That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

Verb

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To come to a period; to conclude.
2. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To put an end to.
3. (colloquial) To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.

Synonyms

time

⌚

age

era

epoch

season

term

full stop

stage

menstruation

phase

menses

point

dot

interval

duration

space

cycle

spell

date

📅

while

span

period of time

moment

spot

hour

time period

generation

stint

catamenia

full point

occasion

stop

🛑

section

bounds

aeon

flow

day

full stop

times

turn

year

limits

end

🔚

part

menstruum

menstrual period

step

stretch

since

days

Translations

période

περίοδος

periodo

período

Periode

periode

período

epoca

Epoche

época

εποχή

point

époque

temps

⌚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle English: tide

Cognate with Old English: tīd

Cognate with Middle English: elde

Cognate with Old English: ieldu

In summary

From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from Medieval Latin periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (períodos, “circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around”), from περι- (peri-, “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”).

Sentences

The clock struck to mark the third period .

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .

His earliest works date from this period .

During the medieval period it became a centre for the wool trade .

The ecological crisis is central to this social analysis of the contemporary period .

The excavation has discovered three complete settlement layers from the Persian period .