Sekirov Dictionary

period

/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/

noun 20
adjective 3
verb 3
exclamation 1
forms 3

noun20

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an amount of time, such as a few days, weeks or years
- There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
- You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
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A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
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A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
- This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
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Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
- I have math class in second period.
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Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
- Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
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One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
- They won in the first overtime period.
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A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
- These fossils are from the Jurassic period.
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Female menstruation; an episode of this.
- When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
The set of symptoms associated with menstruation, even if not accompanied by menstruation; an episode of these symptoms.
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(US, Canada) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- ‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’ — 2002
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(figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.
- My sufferings, physical and mental, are more than I can bear, and when such small arrangements as I have to make for your future well-being are completed it is my intention to put a period to them. — 1886
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.
The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.
A row in the periodic table of the elements.
Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).
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(rhetoric) A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
- Periods are beautiful when they are not too long. — 1641
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A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.
- Polyclonal antibodies were prepared against the period gene product, which influences biological rhythms in D. melanogaster, by using small synthetic peptides from the per sequence as immunogens. — 1988
(no longer used) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
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(no longer used) An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.
- As thus all gazed on hir, so she glaunced hir lookes on all, surueying them as curiously, as they noted hir exactly, but at last she set downe her period on the face of Alexis […] — 1590
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(no longer used) A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
- The Death of Patroclus was the most eminent Period; and consequently the most proper Time for such Games. — 1720

adjective3

Designating anything from a given historical era.
Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
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Menstrual.
- period pains
- period supplies

verb3

(informal) To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.
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(no longer used) To come to a period; to conclude.
- For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied. — 1623
(no longer used, rare) To put an end to.

exclamation1

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(US, Canada) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.
- I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!
- I'm the GOAT, point blank period!

forms

perioded · perioding · periods

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