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- pronunciation:
- pir
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- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
A period is an amount of time that has a beginning and an end. Days, weeks, months, and seasons are examples of periods.
We only waited for a short period of time for the doctor to come see us, but it felt very long.- synonyms:
- space, term, time
- similar words:
- day, hour, minute, span, stretch, year
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| definition 2: |
A period is a section of time in history.
A very active period of European exploration of the world began in the late 1400s. Christopher Columbus sailed across the ocean to Central America in 1492.- synonyms:
- age, era, times
- similar words:
- cycle, dot, interval, world
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| definition 3: |
A period in school is a section of a school day that is usually about an hour in length.
My sister, who is in middle school, has English class as her first period.- similar words:
- class, hour
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| definition 4: |
A period is a mark that is used in writing at the end of a sentence. It looks like a small dot, just like you see at the end of THIS sentence. A period is also used after abbreviations like St. for street and Mon. for Monday.
My little brother sometimes forgets to write the period at the end of his sentences.- similar words:
- point
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| related words: |
life, moment, phase |
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