period

noun · adjective · interjection · verbA2

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

periodsper.

1.
A length of time.
There was a period of confusion following the announcement.
You'll be on probation for a six-month period.
2.
A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
Food rationing continued in the post-war period.
Đồng nghĩa: vintage
3.
(Canada, Philippines, US)(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
4.
(figuratively)(figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.
5.
The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.
6.
(euphemistic)Female menstruation; an episode of this.
When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.
7.
A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period.
8.
Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
I have math class in second period.
9.
(sports, chiefly ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.
Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period.
10.
(sports, chiefly ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.
They won in the first overtime period.
11.
(obsolete)(obsolete, medicine) The length of time for a disease to run its course.
12.
(archaic)An end or conclusion; the final point of a process, a state, an event, etc.

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

per.

1.
(not comparable)Designating anything from a given historical era.
a period car
a period TV commercial
2.
(not comparable)Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.
a period piece
3.
(not comparable)Menstrual.
period pains
period blood
period supplies

interjection

per.

1.
(Canada, US)(chiefly Canada, US) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.
I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!
I'm the GOAT, point blank period!

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

periods

V_ing/Gerund

perioding

V_ed/pp

periodedper.

1.
(intransitive, obsolete)To come to a period; to conclude.
2.
(obsolete, rare, transitive)To put an end to.
3.
(colloquial)To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English periode, from Middle French periode, from periodus, from Ancient Greek περίοδος (circuit, orbit, a recurring interval of time, path around), from περι- (around) + ὁδός (way). Displaced native tide, from tīd, as well as elde, from ieldu.