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period


Definition: Meaning of, period in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈpɪərɪəd /

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period periods
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  1. length of time a particular length of time with a beginning and an end
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  2. life/history a particular time in someone's life or in history
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  3. blood the flow of blood that comes from a woman's body each month [↪  menstrual period]
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  4. mark American English the mark (.), used in of writing to show the end of a sentence or of an ABBREVIATION [=  full stop British English]
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  5. school one of the equal parts that the school day is divided into [=  lesson British English]
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  6. sports one of the equal parts that a game is divided into in a sport such as ICE HOCKEY
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  7. for emphasis period! American English spoken used to emphasize that you have made a decision and that you do not want to discuss the subject any more [=  full stop!]
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  1. period costume/furniture etc clothes, furniture etc in the style of a particular time in history
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period used in phrases

  • Baroque period (noun)
    1. the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the Baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
  • Cambrian period (noun)
    1. from 544 million to about 500 million years ago; marine invertebrates
  • Carboniferous period (noun)
    1. from 345 million to 280 million years ago
  • Cretaceous period (noun)
    1. from 135 million to 63 million years ago; end of the age of reptiles; appearance of modern insects and flowering plants
  • Devonian period (noun)
    1. from 405 million to 345 million years ago; preponderance of fishes and appearance of amphibians and ammonites
  • Jurassic period (noun)
    1. from 190 million to 135 million years ago; dinosaurs; conifers
  • Lower Carboniferous period (noun)
    1. from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
  • Missippian period (noun)
    1. from 345 million to 310 million years ago; increase of land areas; primitive ammonites; winged insects
  • Ordovician period (noun)
    1. from 500 million to 425 million years ago; conodonts and ostracods and algae and seaweeds
  • Pennsylvanian period (noun)
    1. from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
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