OZDIC

period

UK /ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/ US /ˈpɪɚ.i.əd/
noun 5adj 3verb 3intj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A length of time.

There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

You'll be on probation for a six-month period.

2

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

Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

With some of it on the south and more of it on the north of the great main thoroughfare that connects Aldgate and the East India Docks, St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London.

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

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.

5

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.

adj

1

Designating anything from a given historical era.

a period car

a period TV commercial

2

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

a period piece

As the guests arrived — there were about a hundred, a majority in period attire — I began to feel out of place in my beige summer suit, white shirt, and red necktie. Then I got over it. I certainly didn't suffer from Confederate-uniform envy.

3

Menstrual.

period pains

period blood

intj

1

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!

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