Synonym: interval, span, time. Similar words: interior, mysterious, riot, prior, curious, various, warrior, prior to. Meaning: ['pɪrɪəd /'pɪər-] 
n. 1. an amount of time 2. one of three periods of play in hockey games 3. a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time 4. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon 5. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause 6. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations 7. a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed 8. the end or completion of something.
n. 1. an amount of time 2. one of three periods of play in hockey games 3. a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time 4. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon 5. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause 6. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations 7. a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed 8. the end or completion of something. 
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271. You have been paid for the full period of your employment with us.
272. The final two months were a miserable coda to de Gaulle's first period in office.
273. He's often bracketed with the romantic poets of this period although this does not reflect the range of his work.
274. The book must be returned by the end of the loan period.
275. Most coal fields began life as swamps about 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous period.
276. The picture has been loaned for an indefinite period to the National Gallery.
277. In her essay, she characterizes the whole era as a period of radical change.
278. This figure represents a fall of 21% on the same period last year.
279. Aisles were added to the original Saxon building in the Norman period.
280. We observe that the first calls for radical transformation did not begin until the period of the industrial revolution.
281. This period of barbarian rule is poorly represented in the archaeological record.
282. Music was a great solace to me during this period.
283. Their early success was succeeded by a period of miserable failure.
284. He sent his accounts for the period ending with the last day of May.
285. The honeymoon period for the new government is over,[sentencedict.com/period.html] and they must now start to tackle the country's many problems.
286. She returned to work after a long period of incapacity.
287. As if by osmosis,(Sentencedict.com) the facts became clear over a period of time.
288. The literature of a period reflects its values and tastes.
289. Many policies pay out only after a period of weeks or months.
290. You can use the software free for a 30-day trial period.
291. Customers signing new life policies will have a longer cooling-off period of 14 days.
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