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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211. The union and the employers failed to reach an agreement within the coolingoff period.
212. Eastern Slavonia is to revert to Croatian government rule next year after a transitional period under U.N. administration.
213. His hearing was impaired by the continuous great noise for a long period of time.
214. She continued with her schooling after a long period of illness.
215. Her time at university was the most eventful period of her life.
216. The closure of the regional offices was phased over an 18-month period.
217. His breakdown was followed by a period of heightened activity.
218. He built up his collection over a period of ten years.
219. He agreed to paper over the cracks for the period of the election.
220. Colonel Pugh, for the prosecution(Sentencedict.com ), said that the offences occurred over a six-year period.
221. Customers have a 14-day cooling-off period in which to cancel the agreement.
222. Under the terms of the agreement, the debt will be repaid over a 20-year period.
223. During this period he acquired a reputation for being a womanizer.
224. The money was lent for an undefined period of time.
225. In this period politics became polarized between extreme right and left.
226. I only worked there for a short period of time.
227. This unrepeatable offer is only available for a strictly limited period.
228. The transition from boyhood to manhood can be a confusing period.
229. After weeks of intense fighting, there followed a brief period of calm.
230. The gestation period can be anything between 95 and 150 days.
231. Add up all the income you've received over the period in question.
232. Imports in the first three months have increased by 10 per cent compared with the corresponding period last year.
233. In good condition, dolls from this period sell for £500 apiece.
234. Which period of history would you most like to have lived in?
235. His playing improved in a very short period of time .
236. In smallpox, there is an incubation period of 8-18 days between initial infection and first symptoms.
237. There's a three - month period of probation / probationperiod for new recruits.
238. The courses are based on a weekly two-hour class, extending over a period of 25 weeks.
239. The gestation period of a horse is about eleven months.
240. He was one of the most important writers of that period.
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