Period | Mean of period in English Dictionary

/ˈpirijəd/

• Noun
• a length of time during which a series of events or an action takes place or is completed
1. We have had two power failures in a five-month period.
2. The period between Christmas and New Year's Eve is a very busy one for us.
3. Two snowstorms hit the area in a period of one week.
4. There was a brief period of silence.
5. The country is in a period of economic growth.
6. Scattered showers are expected with a few periods of sunshine.
7. We didn't speak for a long period of time.
• a length of time that is very important in the history of the world, a nation, etc.
1. We are studying our country's colonial period.
• a time that is very important in the life of a person
1. Picasso's Blue Period
2. Children go through many changes during the period of adolescence.

• one of the parts that a school day is divided into
1. I have algebra class during third period.
• one of the parts that the playing time of a game (such as hockey) is divided into
1. He scored a goal in the first period.
2. The score was tied after two periods.
• a point . used to show the end of a sentence or an abbreviation
• of, relating to, or typical of a particular time in history
1. period costumes/furniture
2. a period play