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- pronunciation:
- pir
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
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definition 1: |
a section of time with a set beginning and end.
We will be on vacation for a period of three weeks.- synonyms:
- duration, space, term, time
- similar words:
- day, hour, minute, span, stretch, year
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definition 2: |
a section of time in history.
Read the chapter about the Renaissance period in Europe.- synonyms:
- age, epoch, era, times
- similar words:
- cycle, dot, eon, interval, world
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definition 3: |
a section of a school day.
She takes English during fourth period.- similar words:
- class, hour, module, session
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definition 4: |
a punctuation mark (.). It is used at the end of a sentence or after an abbreviation.
- similar words:
- point
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related words: |
duration, lapse, life, moment, phase |
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