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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181. We have to suck in our bellies for a period.
182. The Post Office handles nearly 2 billion letters and parcels over the Christmas period.
183. Germany achieved spectacular economic success in a relatively short period of time .
184. South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
185. Few would dispute his status as the finest artist of the period.
186. It was a long time since my last visit to Berlin, and it had changed dramatically in the intervening period/years.
187. There will be a reduced bus service over the Christmas period. Sentencedict.com
188. There is to be a six month cooling-off period before divorce proceedings begin.
189. The repayment period will be extended from 20 years to 25 years.
190. The honeymoon period is over now for the new President.
191. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendships.
192. She came under the influence of Sartre at this period.
193. I learned a lot during my short period as a junior reporter.
194. There was a short period of uneasy calm after the riot. It can also be used to describe a person's manner:She spoke with icy calm. Calmness is usually used to talk about a person:We admired his calmness under pressure.
195. No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.
196. The security system will be reviewed after a three-month trial period .
197. The novel captures the feeling of the pre-war period to a T.
198. The book does not purport to be a complete history of the period.
199. British Rail are putting on extra trains during the holiday period.
200. It is an exemplar of a house of the period.
201. A chastened Agassi flew home for a period of deep contemplation.
202. Repayments can be made over a long period, without putting undue strain on your finances.
203. The war was followed by a long period of peace and prosperity.
204. Over the same period trade protection has increased in the rich countries.
205. The rate of growth was averaged over a period of three years.
206. The flavour of the wine is further improved during the aging period.
207. The period from the War of Independence to the Civil War is the babyhood of the United States.
208. Unlike many writers of the period, she is not preoccupied with morality.
209. During that period, the style for men was to wear their hair plastered down on their heads.
210. All my children went through a period of late-adolescent angst.
More similar words: interior, mysterious, riot, prior, curious, various, warrior, prior to, priority, scenario, centurion, laboriously, series, inherit, derive, offering, American, mothering, gathering, heritage, material, criteria, bacteria, a series of, menagerie, experiment, filtering, experience, pioneering, enter into.