1. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] an amount of time.

Rhymes with Period

• myriad

How do you pronounce period?

Pronounce period as ˈpɪriəd.

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Sentences with period

1. Noun, singular or mass
Leave your dog alone for a short period of time and then return.

Quotes about period

1. I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of.
- T.I.

2. Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom drive business home to the full period, but content themselves with a mediocrity of success.
- Dale Carnegie

3. Why do people play the lottery, or why do people gamble, period? You know, it's with the hope of winning something more.
- Derek Kilmer

2. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.

3. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations.

4. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games.

5. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.

6. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] the end or completion of something.

7. period

noun. ['ˈpɪriːəd'] a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed.