period
Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Mediaeval Latin periodus.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈpɪərɪəd/
- Audio (US)help, file
[edit] Adjective
period (not comparable)
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- Appropriate for a given historical era.
- 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.
- 2004, Mark Singer, Somewhere in America, Houghton Mifflin, page 70
[edit] Interjection
period
- (chiefly North American) And nothing else; and nothing less; used for emphasis.
- When I say "eat your dinner," it means "eat your dinner," period!
[edit] Synonyms
- (and nothing else): full stop
[edit] Translations
and nothing else
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[edit] Noun
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period (plural periods)
- (chiefly North American) Punctuation mark ending a sentence or marking an abbreviation (“.”).
- A length of time.
- There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
- You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
- An epoch, era, time in history or in a person's life.
- Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
- This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
- A specific length of time that an activity (such as a game or a school day) is conventionally divided into.
- Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
- I have math class in second period.
- The minimum interval during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
- Female menstruation.
- (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements.
[edit] Synonyms
- (punctuation mark): full stop (UK, Australia)
- See also Wikisaurus:period
[edit] See also
- Wiktionary Appendix with entry about the symbol "."
Punctuation
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[edit] Translations
punctation mark
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epoch
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something that repeats regularly
menstruation — see menstruation
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[edit] Croatian
[edit] Noun
period m (plural periodi)
- period (time)
[edit] Declension
declension of period
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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 |

