period

Plural

periods

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A length of time.

   • You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
   • There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
   • Philip Miles, defending, said: "This was a single instance, there was no allegation of continuing behaviour over a long period of time."

2. 2.A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

   • Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
   • Sung Yung-hsi of Ch’u-hsiung was a government student during the Chia-ch’ing period.

3. 3.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?’

4. 4.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.

Adjective

Adjective

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A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1. 1.Designating anything from a given historical era.

2. 2.Menstrual.

3. 3.Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

Intj

Interjection

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A word or short phrase used to express a sudden emotion or reaction.

1. 1.That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.

   • I'm the GOAT, point blank period!
   • I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!

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