Period Meaning
There are 7 meaning(s) for word Period
Meaning 1 : an amount of time
Example : a time period of 30 years,hastened the period of time of his recovery,Picasso's blue period
Synonyms : period of time, time period
Example : a time period of 30 years,hastened the period of time of his recovery,Picasso's blue period
Synonyms : period of time, time period
Meaning 2 : the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
Synonyms : catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum
Synonyms : catamenia, flow, menses, menstruation, menstruum
Meaning 3 : a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
Example : ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods
Synonyms : geological period
Example : ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods
Synonyms : geological period
Meaning 4 : a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
Example : in England they call a period a stop
Synonyms : full point, full stop, point, stop
Example : in England they call a period a stop
Synonyms : full point, full stop, point, stop
Meaning 5 : (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
Meaning 6 : the end or completion of something
Example : death put a period to his endeavors,a change soon put a period to my tranquility
Example : death put a period to his endeavors,a change soon put a period to my tranquility
Meaning 7 : the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
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