period

period
pe|ri|od1 W1S3 [ˈpıəriəd US ˈpır-] n
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1¦(length of time)¦
2¦(life/history)¦
3¦(blood)¦
4¦(mark)¦
5¦(school)¦
6¦(sports)¦
7¦(for emphasis)¦
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[Date: 1300-1400; : French; Origin: période, from Latin, from Greek, from peri- ( PERICARDIUM) + hodos 'way']
1.) ¦(LENGTH OF TIME)¦
a particular length of time with a beginning and an end
▪ Tomorrow's weather will be dry with sunny periods.
period of
▪ His playing improved in a very short period of time .
▪ a brief period of silence
▪ The drug was tested over a five-week period.
▪ They adopted the system for a trial period (=time in which something is tested to see if it works well) .
2.) ¦(LIFE/HISTORY)¦
a particular time in someone's life or in history
▪ the conflict of the Cold War period
▪ Van Gogh's early period
▪ the Jurassic period
▪ the behaviour of children during the period of adolescence
3.) ¦(BLOOD)¦
the flow of blood that comes from a woman's body each month
▪ I was twelve years old when I started my periods .
4.) ¦(MARK)¦
AmE the mark (.), used in of writing to show the end of a sentence or of an ↑abbreviation
British Equivalent: full stop
5.) ¦(SCHOOL)¦
one of the equal parts that the school day is divided into
British Equivalent: lesson
▪ What class do you have first period?
period of
▪ a double period of Science
6.) ¦(SPORTS)¦
one of the equal parts that a game is divided into in a sport such as ↑ice hockey
▪ The Bruins scored twice in the first period.
7.) ¦(FOR EMPHASIS)¦
period!
AmE spoken used to emphasize that you have made a decision and that you do not want to discuss the subject any more
= ↑full stop!
▪ I'm not going, period!
period 2
period2 adj
period costume/furniture etc
clothes, furniture etc in the style of a particular time in history
▪ actors dressed in period costume

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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