Period

//ˈpɪə.ɹi.əd//

Synonyms for "period" (459 found)

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Closest matches (92)

full stop menstruation point accent accentuation adjectival phrase aeon age alexandrine amount amphibrach amphimacer amplitude anacrusis anapest annual period antinode antispast aphelion apodosis

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Noun(8 words)

full stop menstruation period of time point time period bleeding catamenia curse

Strong matches (138)

dactyl date day days de broglie wave death decease degree denouement destination destiny development devonian diaeresis diffraction dimeter dipody discontinuance division dochmiac

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doom dry season duration duree ecliptic effect electromagnetic wave elegiac elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter emphasis end end point ending envoi eocene epilogue epitrite epoch equator equinoctial equinoctial circle equinoctial colure equinox era eschatology expiration exposition expression extent falderal fate feminine caesura figure final solution final twitch final words finale finality finis finish flowers folderol foot football season frequency frequency band frequency spectrum galactic longitude generation geocentric longitude geodetic longitude glacial goal grade great circle guided wave harmonic close headed group height heliocentric longitude heptameter heptapody heroic couplet hexameter hexapody historic period holocene hour iamb iambic iambic pentameter ictus idiom idiotism in phase instant interference interlude intermezzo interval introductory phrase ionic izzard jingle juncture last last breath last gasp last things last trumpet last word last words lastingness latter end leap length level light lilt locution longitude longitudinal wave lower cretaceous lower tertiary manner of speaking mark

Noun(8 words)

day dot duration flow full point full-point geological period interval

Intj(2 words)

end of discussion full stop

Phrase(1 words)

end of story

Related words (229)

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moment of truth monthlies mora movement musical phrase musical sentence node notch noun phrase nuance numbers off season oligocene omega orbit ornament out of phase paeon page paleocene paleozoic paragraph part pas passage past patch pause payoff peculiar expression peg pennsylvanian pentameter pentapody perigee perihelion periodic wave periodicity periods permian peroration phase phrasal idiom phrase pitch plane plateau pleistocene pliocene precambrian present proceleusmatic proportion proterozoic psychological moment psychological time punctuation pyrrhic quantity quaternary quietus radio wave rainy season range ratio ray reach recent refrain reinforcement remove resolution resonance resonance frequency response resting place rhythm ritornello round rung scale scope season seasonableness seasonality section seismic wave semicolon sentence session set phrase shade shadow shock wave silurian small circle snap social season solstitial colure sound wave space space time space-time span spell spondee sprung rhythm stage stair standard standard phrase stanza statement step stint stop stoppage stopping place strain streak stress stretch style surface wave suspension swan song swing syntactic structure syzygy tailpiece tense term terminal termination terminus tertiary tetrameter tetrapody tetraseme that time the curse the future the past the present the season thesis tidal wave tide time time lag time of year time period timebinding timespan trajectory transverse wave tread triassic tribrach trimeter tripody triseme trochee trough turn of expression turn of phrase tutti tutti passage upper cretaceous upper tertiary usage utterance variation verb complex verb phrase verbalism vernal equinox verse wave wave equation wave motion wave number wavelength way of speaking while windup word-group years z zeitgeisty zodiac zone

Noun(14 words)

menses menstrual cycle menstruum plain point shark week space span stop stound tide time time interval timespan vintage

Intj(2 words)

periodt that's that

Adjective(1 words)

zeitgeisty

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

16 relation types

More general

17 entries

chrononym discharge division emission end ending expelling fundamental measure fundamental quantity geologic time geological time interval part punctuation punctuation mark section

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More specific

33 entries

biennium century day decade decennium eon fortnight geological period halfmonth hour interregnum leave of absence lifetime millennium minute moment

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Antonyms

2 entries

comma frequency

Synonyms

5 entries

full stop menstruation point time period timespan

Related terms

29 entries

.Canada)apostrophe brace bracket colon comma curly brackets dash ellipsis era exclamation mark fraction slash full stop or period guillemet hyphen

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at location

5 entries

end of line end of sentence history school sentence

capable of

2 entries

end sentence finish sentence

coordinate

1 entries

group

defined as

1 entries

same as menses

derived

91 entries

Baroque period Classical period Hamilton period Julian period Meiji period Nara period Pisano period Protoliterate period Romantic period Sothic period Uruk period accounting period closed period common practice period contract period cooling-off period

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derived from

1 entries

mesolithic

has context

7 entries

chemistry genetics geology ice hockey medicine north america rhetoric

is a

7 entries

end era geological time given amount of time part punctuation time interval

part of

4 entries

era history playing period punctuation

related to

58 entries

abbreviation blood circadian rhythm comma conclude conclusion disease dot drosophila end ending epoch era final final point full

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used for

4 entries

keeping time marking end of sentence separating chunks of time signaling end of sentence

Translations

389 translations across 76 languages.

Albanian

4 entries

periodike noun (length of time during which something repeats)
periudhë noun (a length of time)
periudhë noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
pikë noun (punctation mark “.”)

Ancient Greek

1 entries

περίοδος noun (a length of time)

Arabic

4 entries

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

Armenian

4 entries

վերջ intj (Interjection)
ժամականաշրջան noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
ժամանակահատված noun (a length of time)
կետ noun (punctation mark “.”)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

müddət noun (a length of time)
nöqtə noun (punctation mark “.”)

Belarusian

4 entries

кро́пка noun (punctation mark “.”)
перы́яд noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
праме́жак noun (a length of time)
пэры́яд noun (a length of time)

Bulgarian

4 entries

и точка intj (Interjection)
епо́ха noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
перио́д noun (a length of time)
перио́д noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Burmese

1 entries

ကာလ intj (Interjection)

Catalan

3 entries

i punt intj (Interjection)
període noun (a length of time)
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

4 entries

。 noun (punctation mark “.”)
句號 /句号 noun (punctation mark “.”)
句點 /句点 noun (punctation mark “.”)
時代 /时代 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Czech

4 entries

a tečka! intj (Interjection)
období noun (a length of time)
období noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perioda noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Danish

4 entries

basta intj (Interjection)
punktum intj (Interjection)
lektion noun (division of school day)
modul noun (division of school day)

Dari

4 entries

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

Dutch

4 entries

punt uit intj (Interjection)
periode noun (a length of time)
periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Esperanto

2 entries

periodo noun (a length of time)
punkto noun (punctation mark “.”)

Estonian

2 entries

periood noun (a length of time)
punkt noun (punctation mark “.”)

Faroese

1 entries

punktum noun (punctation mark “.”)

Finnish

4 entries

piste intj (Interjection)
aika noun (a length of time)
aika noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
ajanjakso noun (a length of time)

French

4 entries

point intj (Interjection)
point barre intj (Interjection)
point final intj (Interjection)
un point c'est tout intj (Interjection)

Galician

2 entries

e punto intj (Interjection)
período noun (a length of time)

Georgian

1 entries

წერტილი noun (punctation mark “.”)

German

4 entries

Punkt. Aus. Ende intj (Interjection)
Punktum intj (Interjection)
Schluss, aus, Ende intj (Interjection)
basta intj (Interjection)

Greek

4 entries

τελεία και παύλα intj (Interjection)
περίοδος noun (a length of time)
περίοδος noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
περίοδος noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

peryòd noun (a length of time)

Hausa

1 entries

ɗigo noun (punctation mark “.”)

Hebrew

4 entries

נְקֻדָּה noun (punctation mark “.”)
נקודה noun (punctation mark “.”)
תְּקוּפָה noun (a length of time)
תְּקוּפָה noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Hindi

4 entries

अवधि noun (a length of time)
अवधि noun (length of time during which something repeats)
काल noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
दंड noun (punctation mark “.”)

Hungarian

4 entries

korhű adj (Adjective)
pont! intj (Interjection)
befejezés noun (end or conclusion; final point of a process)
ciklus noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Icelandic

1 entries

punktur noun (punctation mark “.”)

Indonesian

3 entries

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

Iranian Persian

4 entries

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

Irish

1 entries

peiriad noun (chemistry: row in the periodic table)

Italian

4 entries

periodo noun (a length of time)
periodo noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periodo noun (length of time during which something repeats)
punto noun (punctation mark “.”)

Japanese

4 entries

。 noun (punctation mark “.”)
ピリオド noun (punctation mark “.”)
句点 noun (punctation mark “.”)
周期 noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Kazakh

4 entries

кезең noun (a length of time)
кезең noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
кезең noun (geochronologic unit)
нүкте noun (punctation mark “.”)

Korean

4 entries

기 noun (geochronologic unit)
기간 noun (a length of time)
마침표 noun (punctation mark “.”)
시대 noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

доор noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
мезгил noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
чекит noun (punctation mark “.”)

Latin

1 entries

aetas noun (a length of time)

Latvian

2 entries

laikmets noun (a length of time)
punkts noun (punctation mark “.”)

Lithuanian

2 entries

laikotarpis noun (a length of time)
taškas noun (punctation mark “.”)

Macedonian

4 entries

и точка intj (Interjection)
перио́д noun (a length of time)
перио́д noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
раздобје noun (a length of time)

Malayalam

1 entries

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

Maranao

1 entries

ayatan noun (punctation mark “.”)

Mongolian

1 entries

цэг noun (punctation mark “.”)

Māori

1 entries

takiwā noun (a length of time)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

periode noun (a length of time)
periode noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
periode noun (length of time during which something repeats)
punktum noun (punctation mark “.”)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

دوره noun (a length of time)

Persian

1 entries

والسلام intj (Interjection)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Punkt noun (punctation mark “.”)

Polish

4 entries

i kropka! intj (Interjection)
cykl noun (length of time during which something repeats)
kropka noun (punctation mark “.”)
lekcja noun (division of school day)

Portuguese

4 entries

ponto intj (Interjection)
ponto final intj (Interjection)
aula noun (division of school day)
período noun (a length of time)

Romanian

4 entries

și punct intj (Interjection)
perioadă noun (a length of time)
perioadă noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
punct noun (punctation mark “.”)

Russian

4 entries

и то́чка intj (Interjection)
пери́од noun (a length of time)
пери́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
пери́од noun (length of time during which something repeats)

Sanskrit

2 entries

दंड noun (punctation mark “.”)
। noun (punctation mark “.”)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

stad-phuing noun (punctation mark “.”)
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)
perioda noun (chemistry: row in the periodic table)
perìod noun (a length of time)
perìod noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Slovak

4 entries

bodka noun (punctation mark “.”)
obdobie noun (a length of time)
obdobie noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
perióda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Slovene

4 entries

in pika intj (Interjection)
doba noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
obdobje noun (a length of time)
obdobje noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Southern Altai

1 entries

ӧйлик noun (a length of time)

Spanish

4 entries

de época adj (Adjective)
y punto intj (Interjection)
hora noun (division of school day)
periodo noun (a length of time)

Swahili

4 entries

muda noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
muda noun (length of time during which something repeats)
nukta noun (punctation mark “.”)
zamani noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)

Swedish

4 entries

och därmed basta intj (Interjection)
punkt intj (Interjection)
punkt och slut intj (Interjection)
period noun (a length of time)

Tagalog

4 entries

panahon noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
puktol noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
puktol noun (section of an artist's career)
takda noun (a length of time)

Tajik

4 entries

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

Tamil

1 entries

முற்றுப்புள்ளி noun (punctation mark “.”)

Tausug

1 entries

jaman noun (a length of time)

Thai

3 entries

จุด noun (punctation mark “.”)
ตอน noun (a length of time)
มหัพภาค noun (punctation mark “.”)

Turkish

3 entries

devir noun (a length of time)
dönem noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
nokta noun (punctation mark “.”)

Ukrainian

4 entries

кра́пка noun (punctation mark “.”)
пері́од noun (a length of time)
пері́од noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
про́міжок noun (a length of time)

Urdu

4 entries

خَتْمَہ noun (punctation mark “.”)
دَور noun (a length of time)
دَور noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
مُدَّت noun (a length of time)

Uyghur

2 entries

دەۋر noun (a length of time)
چېكىت noun (punctation mark “.”)

Uzbek

4 entries

davr noun (a length of time)
davr noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
muddat noun (a length of time)
nuqta noun (punctation mark “.”)

Vietnamese

4 entries

giai đoạn noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
kỉ noun (geochronologic unit)
thời kì noun (history: period of time seen as coherent entity)
tiết noun (division of school day)

Welsh

1 entries

cyfnod noun (chemistry: row in the periodic table)

Yiddish

1 entries

פּונקט noun (punctation mark “.”)

Sample sentences

51 total sentences available.

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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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