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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | période, from Latin, from Greek, from peri- ( PERICARDIUM) + hodos 'way' |
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Related topics:pe‧ri‧od1 S3 W1
[countable]
[countable]1 a particular length of time with a beginning and an end : Tomorrow's weather will be dry with sunny periods. The drug was tested over a five-week period. They adopted the system for a trial period (=time in which something is tested to see if it works well).
length of time
Tomorrow's weather will be dry with sunny periods.The drug was tested over a five-week period.They adopted the system for a trial period (=time in which something is tested to see if it works well).2 a particular time in someone's life or in history : the conflict of the Cold War period Van Gogh's early period the Jurassic period the behaviour of children during the period of adolescence
life/history
the conflict of the Cold War periodVan Gogh's early periodthe Jurassic periodthe behaviour of children during the period of adolescence3 the flow of blood that comes from a woman's body each month [↪ menstrual period]:
blood
HBH4 the mark (.), used in of writing to show the end of a sentence or of an abbreviation [= full stop British English]
mark
American EnglishSLA5 one of the equal parts that the school day is divided into [= lesson British English] What class do you have first period?
school
SESWhat class do you have first period? period of a double period of Science
a double period of Science6 one of the equal parts that a game is divided into in a sport such as ice hockey : The Bruins scored twice in the first period.
sports
The Bruins scored twice in the first period.7 used to emphasize that you have made a decision and that you do not want to discuss the subject any more [= full stop!]: I'm not going, period!
for emphasis
period!
American English spokenI'm not going, period!