Period

/ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd/

Synonyms for "period" (533 found)

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Closest matches (107)

Noun(25 words)

durationfull stopinterval menstruationperiod of timespantime periodabsolutely advents aftermathsage of changeamount of timeandropovart periodbrezhnevcatalan duradacatamenia chairmanship chapter chapters

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chukker cinemascopecivil rights eraclass periodcurriculum term

Adjective(2 words)

academic termcalendar unit

accent accentuationadjectival phraseaeon age alexandrine amount amphibrach amphimacer amplitude anacrusis anapestannual periodantinode antispast aphelion apodosis apogee archean archeozoic

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arsisastronomical longitudeautumnal equinoxbacchiusbaseball seasonbasketball seasonbass passagebeat boundary bourdon bout bridge burden cadence caesura caliber cambrian carboniferous catalexis catameniacatamenial dischargecatastrophe cease ceasingcelestial equatorcelestial longitudecelestial meridiancenozoic cessation chloriamb chloriambus chorus chronology circle clause close closing closure codacold seasoncolon colures comanchean comma compassconcert seasonconclusion construction consummation continuity counterpoint coursescrack of doomcrest cretaceous cretic culmination curse curtain curtains

Strong matches (160)

cut dactyl date day daysde broglie wavedeath decease degree denouement destination destiny development devonian diaeresis diffraction dimeter dipody discontinuance division

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dochmiac doomdry seasonduration duree ecliptic effectelectromagnetic waveelegiacelegiac coupletelegiac pentameteremphasis endend pointending envoi eocene epilogue epitrite epoch equator equinoctialequinoctial circleequinoctial colureequinox era eschatology expiration exposition expression extent falderal fatefeminine caesurafigurefinal solutionfinal twitchfinal wordsfinale finality finis finish flowers folderol footfootball seasonfrequencyfrequency bandfrequency spectrumfull stopgalactic longitudegenerationgeocentric longitudegeodetic longitudeglacial goal gradegreat circleguided waveharmonic closeheaded groupheightheliocentric longitudeheptameter heptapodyheroic couplethexameter hexapody holocene hour iamb iambiciambic pentameterictus idiom idiotismin phaseinstant interference interlude intermezzo intervalintroductory phraseionic izzard jingle juncture lastlast breathlast gasplast thingslast trumpetlast wordlast wordslastingnesslatter endleap length level light lilt locution longitudelongitudinal wavelower cretaceous

Noun(24 words)

cyondata eradetentes dot dourahearth science classendend of storyera of scientific upheavaleras flowfull pointgalileo erageological periodgerman intervallhalf harvestideological eraindeed innings

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instruction periodlanguage termleadership periodlease

Adjective(10 words)

donnianfifth centurygerman historyglorious revolution erasglorious revolution periodhistoric erahistorical eraindustrial agelong durationlong stint

Verb(1 words)

keep original time

Related words (266)

lower tertiarymanner of speakingmarkmasculine caesurameasure measurementmechanical wavemensesmenstrual dischargemenstruation meridian mesozoic metermetrical accentmetrical footmetrical groupmetrical unitmetron minute miocene

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mississippian molossus momentmoment of truthmonthlies mora movementmusical phrasemusical sentencenode notchnoun phrasenuance numbersoff seasonoligocene omega orbit ornamentout of phasepaeon page paleocene paleozoic paragraph part pas passage past patch pause payoffpeculiar expressionpeg pennsylvanian pentameter pentapody perigee perihelionperiodic waveperiodicity periods permian peroration phasephrasal idiomphrase pitch plane plateau pleistocene pliocene point precambrian present proceleusmatic proportion proterozoicpsychological momentpsychological timepunctuation pyrrhic quantity quaternary quietusradio waverainy seasonrange ratio ray reach recent refrain reinforcement remove resolution resonanceresonance frequencyresponseresting placerhythm ritornello round rung scale scope season seasonableness seasonality sectionseismic wavesemicolon sentence sessionset phraseshade shadowshock wavesiluriansmall circlesnapsocial seasonsolstitial coluresound wavespacespace timespace-time span spell spondeesprung rhythmstage stair standardstandard phrasestanza statement step stint stop stoppagestopping placestrain streak stress stretch stylesurface wavesuspensionswan songswingsyntactic structuresyzygy tailpiece tense term terminal termination terminus tertiary tetrameter tetrapody tetrasemethat timethe cursethe futurethe pastthe presentthe seasonthesistidal wavetide timetime lagtime of yeartimebinding trajectorytransverse wavetread triassic tribrach trimeter tripody triseme trochee troughturn of expressionturn of phrasetuttitutti passageupper cretaceousupper tertiaryusage utterance variationverb complexverb phraseverbalismvernal equinoxverse wavewave equationwave motionwave numberwavelengthway of speakingwhile windup word-group yearszzodiac zone

Adjective(5 words)

major historical periodmiddle school unitmodern world historynoachianprogressive era

Noun(46 words)

mandate maturation menorrhea menses menstruumnone availablepacha phasephase categoryphases pointportuguese duraçãoprohibition reaganrevolutionary eraromanesque periodseasons session spacespanish edad

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spans spells stints stop stound stretches stretchingsystems thinking termteaching periodtenure relatedterm a conceptterm as descriptorterms tide timetime adverb termtime blocktime intervaltimespan tudor vintage vintages weeks whens workweeks year

Determiner(2 words)

one monththe terms

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

21 entries

day partdischarge division emission end ending exclamation expellingfundamental measurefundamental quantitygeologic timegeological timeinterval part punctuationpunctuation mark

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More specific

13 entries

amen dotend punctuationendmark era homeroomlunch periodmath periodmonth semester wow year yikes

Collocations

11 entries

calendar periodclass periodend of periodgrading periodhistorical periodperiod lengthperiod of timeperiod punctuationperiodic sentenceperiodic tableschool period

Inflections

1 entries

periods

Derivations

6 entries

periodic periodical periodically periodicity periodization periodize

Translations

112 translations across 46 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

periodike noun (length of time during which something repeats)
periudhë noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Arabic

4 entries

حَدَث مُتَكَرِّر noun (length of time during which something repeats)
حِين noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
عَصْر noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
فَتْرَة noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Armenian

4 entries

ժամականաշրջան noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
շրջան noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
պարբերություն noun (length of time during which something repeats)
փուլ noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Belarusian

1 entries

перы́яд noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Bulgarian

2 entries

епо́ха noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
перио́д noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Catalan

1 entries

període noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Central Kurdish

1 entries

دەم noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

時代 /时代 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
週期 /周期 noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Czech

2 entries

období noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perioda noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Dari

2 entries

دَورَه noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
مُدَّت noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Dutch

2 entries

periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Finnish

4 entries

aika noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
ajanjakso noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
jakso noun (length of time during which something repeats)
jaksonaika noun (length of time during which something repeats)

French

3 entries

cycle noun (length of time during which something repeats)
période noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
période noun (length of time during which something repeats)

German

3 entries

Epoche noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
Zeitraum noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Greek

2 entries

περίοδος noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
περίοδος noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Hebrew

1 entries

תְּקוּפָה noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Hindi

3 entries

अवधि noun (length of time during which something repeats)
काल noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
युग noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Hungarian

4 entries

ciklus noun (length of time during which something repeats)
fázis noun (length of time during which something repeats)
időszak noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
kor noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Indonesian

2 entries

masa noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
masa noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Iranian Persian

2 entries

دُورِه noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
مُدَّت noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Italian

2 entries

periodo noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periodo noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Japanese

2 entries

周期 noun (length of time during which something repeats)
時代 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Kazakh

1 entries

кезең noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Korean

2 entries

시대 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
주기 noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

доор noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
мезгил noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Macedonian

1 entries

перио́д noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Malayalam

1 entries

കാലഘട്ടം noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)
æra noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Polish

3 entries

cykl noun (length of time during which something repeats)
okres noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
period noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Portuguese

2 entries

período noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
período noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Romanian

1 entries

perioadă noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Russian

3 entries

пери́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
пери́од noun (length of time during which something repeats)
цикл noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

àm noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
ùine noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
ùine noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

dȏba noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perìod noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perìod noun (length of time during which something repeats)
rázdōblje noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Slovak

3 entries

obdobie noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perióda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perióda noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Slovene

3 entries

doba noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
obdobje noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perioda noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Spanish

4 entries

periodo noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periodo noun (length of time during which something repeats)
período noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
período noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Swahili

3 entries

muda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
muda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
zamani noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Swedish

2 entries

period noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
tidsperiod noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Tagalog

3 entries

panahon noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
puktol noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
takda noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Tajik

2 entries

давра noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
муддат noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Turkish

1 entries

dönem noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Ukrainian

1 entries

пері́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Urdu

2 entries

دَور noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
کال noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Uzbek

1 entries

davr noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Vietnamese

2 entries

giai đoạn noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
thời kì noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Sample sentences

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The students' lunch period is from twelve to one.

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We have English third period.

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The party stayed in Kyoto for a short period.

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Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.

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