PERIOD
Scrabble letter values: P3E1R1I1O1D2 = 9
Definition
- noun an amount of time. — synonyms: time_period, period_of_time
- noun the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon.
- noun (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games.
- noun a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed. — synonyms: geological_period
- noun the end or completion of something.
- noun the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause. — synonyms: menstruation, menses, menstruum, catamenia, flow
- noun a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations. — synonyms: point, full_stop, stop, full_point
Examples
- “a time period of 30 years”
- “hastened the period of time of his recovery”
- “Picasso's blue period”