period
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈpɪr.i.əd/
- In our school, each class lasts for one period, facilitating a structured learning environment.
- a period of time
- one-year period
- long period
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Watch on YouTubeThat is the central period of the Middle Ages.
- That is the central period of the Middle Ages.
- How do those two periods fit into this for you?
- It was a very short period of time, thank God.
- And so we go through periods of calorie excess.
- These are systems that take big periods of time and move slowly.
- And I think these are in a great period of ascendancy now.
- So control for any extended period of time is always bad.
- There art has to have a period of time to develop.
- Truth told, these epochs and these rest periods do not need to be exact.
- We know that the Earth does go through periods when extreme things happen.
- And I have battled my own periods of insomnia in my life too.
- They will walk through it for a certain period of time, then they quit.
- Now, Robert Altman has like a six week rehearsal period, which is typical.
- And and so that that period of time was A reckoning.
- You do something hard for a period of time that has an outcome.
Examples
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When does this pay period end, Jack?
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It was a period of reorganization.
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That is the central period of the Middle Ages.
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The voting period has ended.
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With devices available for extended periods of time, students quickly began to explore them.
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I mean, we did this during the period of the first Gulf War.
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The modern progressive state developed during a period of rapid scientific and demographic change.
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The eighties was a significant period of transformation for Diana.
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The math classes were timetabled for five periods per week; each period lasted 50 minutes.
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I collected these histories over a four-week period of research during the summer of 2009.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
2.0
A particular occasion when something happens or you feel it
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5.8
A fixed period of time during which something happens, for example a school session or a prison sentence
902
2.6
A period in history with particular events or ideas
761
2.5
A period of time marked by important events or features
604
3.7
A stage in a process or cycle, like the Moon's appearance
143
3.1
The distance or time between two points
124
2.2
A length of time that includes certain events
105
2.8
How long something lasts
92
3.5
A period of time between two events
78
2.7
A short period of time when something happens, like bad weather
32
3.1
A period of time between two events
8
4.1
A period of time used to plan or describe when events happen
8
3.3
A period between two events that you can measure
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3.4
A period of time between a start and an end
Compounds
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2.0
The first part of the playing time in a game, for example in hockey or basketball
- Specialized
6
7.7
The time about 145 to 66 million years ago when many dinosaurs died out and flowering plants became common
- Specialized
2
7.1
A time 252 to 201 million years ago when early dinosaurs first appeared
- Specialized
1
5.8
A time about 201 to 145 million years ago when dinosaurs lived and pine forests were common
1
3.1
Extra time played after normal time when the score is tied to decide a winner
- Specialized
1
8.9
A childhood stage from about age five to puberty when sexual feelings are turned toward school and friends
- Specialized
1
8.1
A time about 299 to 251 million years ago when many new reptiles appear and a mass extinction happens
- Specialized
1
6.0
A long time in Earth's history marked by certain rocks and fossils
1
7.5
A time in European history from about 1600 to 1750 with rich, highly decorated art, buildings, and music
1
6.3
The period after the Civil War in the United States from 1865 to 1877 when southern states rejoined the Union
- Specialized
1
8.7
A short time after a nerve or muscle sends a signal when it cannot respond to another one
- Specialized
1
8.4
A time about 345 to 280 million years ago when large swamp forests formed coal
- Specialized
1
7.9
The first period of the Paleozoic Era about 544 to 500 million years ago when many sea animals first appear
- Specialized
1
9.6
A time about 419 to 359 million years ago when fish were dominant and the first amphibians appeared
- Specialized
1
8.8
A time about 440 million years ago when the first animals began to breathe air and many shallow seas existed
- Specialized
1
9.5
A time about 485 to 444 million years ago when many sea animals lived
- Specialized
1
9.9
A time about 345 to 310 million years ago with many shallow seas and early marine animals
- Archaic
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8.1
A time about 63 million to 2 million years ago after the Cretaceous and before the Quaternary
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6.5
A time when many writers write books or poems in a similar way and about the same ideas
- Jargon
1
3.8
A time when people develop a new product or idea before public release
- Specialized
1
9.2
A time about 323 to 299 million years ago when warm swamps make coal
- Specialized
1
7.0
The most recent part of Earth's history covering the last two million years with ice ages and humans evolving
- Specialized
1
8.3
A very long time in Earth's early history with only very simple life like bacteria
- Indian
1
6.1
A time in a woman's cycle when she is least likely to get pregnant, usually before or after her period
- Specialized
An early part of the Carboniferous when primitive winged insects and early amphibians appear
- Specialized
A time about 310 to 280 million years ago with warm swampy land where much coal formed
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Period comes from the Greek word periodos, which means 'a way around' or a 'full turn', like a short repeating cycle. So a period in a game or at school is one fixed part of time, one complete part of the whole match or day.