period

/ˈpɪəriəd/ noun [C]

Definition

TIME › a length of time: a 24-hour period a period of four months

SCHOOL/SPORTS › one of the equal parts of time that a school day or sports game is divided into

WOMEN › when blood comes out of a woman's uterus each month

MARK US (UK full stop) › a mark (.) used at the end of a sentence, or to show that the letters before it are an abbreviation

(Definition of period noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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