period
41Period — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Definite duration, or portion of time. < N PARAG:Period >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 period period age era Sgm: N 1 second second minute hour day week month quarter year …
42period*/*/*/ — [ˈpɪəriəd] noun [C] I 1) an amount of time The long dry period ended with heavy rain.[/ex] a period of three months[/ex] 2) the time about once a month when a woman who is not pregnant MENSTRUATES (= loses blood) 3) a part of a school day when a… …
43period — /ˈpɪəriəd / (say pearreeuhd) noun 1. an indefinite portion of time, or of history, life, etc., characterised by certain features or conditions. 2. any specified division or portion of time. 3. Education a specific length of time in a school… …
44period — • fas, skede, period, stadium • cykel, serie, period, skede • era, tidevarv, epok, skede, period …
45period — 1. the time of menstruation Shortened form of monthly period of menstrual flow: Next Monday? asks Howard. No good, says Flora. That s my period. (Bradbury, 1975) 2. old and dilapidated Literally, a passage of time, but for this… …
46period — noun 1) a six week period Syn: time, spell, interval, stretch, term, span, phase, bout, run, duration, chapter, stage; while, patch 2) the postwar period Syn …
47Period — How comets are classified. A period is the length of time it takes a comet to travel once around the sun. Short period comets can complete one cycle in 3.3 years, while very long period comets can take thousands of years to complete one orbit …
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48period — 1. A certain duration or division of time. 2. One of the stages of a disease, e.g., p. of incubation, p. of convalescence. SEE ALSO: stage, phase. 3. Colloquialism for menses. 4. Any of the horizontal rows of chemical elements in the …
49period — (British, full stop). Two common errors are associated with the period, both of which arise from its absence. The first is the runon sentence that is, the linking of two complete thoughts by a comma. It is never possible to say whether a run on… …
50period — (British, Full stop). Two common errors are associated with the period, both of which arise from its absence. The first is the run on sentence that is, the linking of two complete thoughts by a comma. It is never possible to say whether a run… …
