period

Meanings

Plural: periods

Noun

an amount of time
- "a time period of 30 years"
- "hastened the period of time of his recovery"
- "Picasso's blue period"
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"
the end or completion of something
- "death put a period to his endeavors"
- "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause; ; --Hippocrates; --Aristotle
a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- "in England they call a period a stop"
A length of time.
A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
A decisive end to something; a stop.
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.
Female menstruation; an episode of this.
Female menstruation; an episode of this.
The set of symptoms associated with menstruation, even if not accompanied by menstruation; an episode of these symptoms.
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
The length of time for a disease to run its course.
An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.
A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
A row in the periodic table of the elements.
A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.

Adj

Designating anything from a given historical era.
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

To come to a period; to conclude.
To put an end to.
To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

catamenia, dot, duration, end of discussion, flow, full point, full stop, full-point, geological period, interval, menses, menstruation, menstruum, period, period of time, plain point, point, space, span, stop, stound, that's that, tide, time, time interval, time period, timespan

Antonyms

frequency

Scrabble Score: 9

period is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
period is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
period is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

period is a valid Words With Friends word