nounπShareA length of time."There was a period of confusion following the announcement."timeperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era."Food rationing continued in the post-war period."historytimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe punctuation mark β.β (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation)."My teacher told me to always use periods at the end of my sentences. "grammarwritingmarklanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe 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.""The brightness of this variable star changes in regular periods of about 30 days." "physicsastronomymathsciencetimeperiodfrequencyphenomenaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareFemale menstruation."When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."physiologysexbodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc."This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."artliteraturemusicstyleperiodtimehistoryqualityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEach of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity."I have math class in second period."educationtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEach of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided."Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."sporttimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe length of time for a disease to run its course."The doctor said the periods of flu symptoms are usually about a week long. "medicinediseaseChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAn end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc."The renovation project reached one of its major periods when the roof was finally completed. "outcomeprocessperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole."The student practiced writing different kinds of periods, like questions and exclamations, to improve their grammar. "grammarwritingstatementlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.""During the process of learning to ride a bike, there are periods of confidence and periods of doubt." "timeprocessperiodstagepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA row in the periodic table of the elements."The teacher explained that elements in the same periods of the periodic table have similar numbers of electron shells. "elementchemistryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale."Fossils from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods show us what dinosaurs were like millions of years ago. "geologytimehistoryscienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm."Scientists study the periods gene in fruit flies to understand how our own internal clocks work and affect our sleep patterns. "biologyinsectChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareTwo phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase)."In music class, we learned that periods, consisting of an antecedent and a consequent phrase, create a complete musical thought. "musicphraseliteratureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareThe length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length."The repeating pattern of rainy days every 10 days is a period of 10 days. "mathtimefrequencyperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareEnd point, conclusion."The project's many delays finally reached periods, and it was canceled. "outcomepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading