period
🇺🇸
/ˈpɪriəd/
🇬🇧
/ˈpɪəriəd/
noun
A1
a length of time
Traffic is heavy during rush hour periods.
A1
a time in someone's life or a country's history
She had a happy period when she lived in Paris.
R
a division of time in Earth's history
Dinosaurs lived during the Jurassic period.
R
a class time in school
My favorite period is science class.
R
monthly bleeding for women
She missed her period last month.
R
a dot at the end of a sentence
Always put a period at the end of a sentence.
adverb
R
used to show that something is final
I'm not going, period!
adjective
R
from a past time in history
The museum has period clothing from the 1800s.
translation
a length of time; a time in someone's life or a country's history; a division of time in Earth's history; a class time in school; monthly bleeding for women; a dot at the end of a sentence
used to show that something is final
from a past time in history
Word Forms
Plural
periods