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What is a basic definition of period?
A period is a punctuation symbol that is used to end most sentences. A period is also a specified length of time or a length of time where something important happened or a trend occurred. Period has many other senses as a noun, an adjective, and an interjection.
A period is a major punctuation mark used in English that resembles a dot, like the dot at the end of this sentence. A period is used to end any sentence that isn’t a question (which uses a question mark) or an exclamation (which uses an exclamation point) or that trails off using an ellipsis. Periods are also used in abbreviations, such as Mrs. or Dr.
Real-life examples: This sentence ends in a period. This sentence also ends in a period. Most of the sentences you read, such as this one, end in periods.
Used in a sentence: In English, we use periods to end most sentences.
The word period is also used to refer to a length of time where something important happened or was defined by something memorable.
Real-life examples: A person may experience a period of illness. A business may go through a period where it didn’t make much money. For most people, the teenage years are a rebellious period of their life.
Used in a sentence: Stores always experience a period of increased business during the holidays.
The word period can also be used to refer to any designated length of time.
Used in a sentence: He likes to read books about the Medieval period.
The word period can refer to a length of time where some distinctive phenomena or trend happened.
Real-life example: The Renaissance period of European history had a distinct trend of creativity in art and culture.
Used in a sentence: She is an expert in literature from the Victorian period.
Where does period come from?
The first records of the term period come from around 1375. It ultimately comes from the Greek períodos, meaning “a circuit” or “a period of time.”
Period also refers to an instance of menstruation.
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What are some other forms related to period?
- subperiod (noun)
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How is period used in real life?
Period is a very common word that often refers to lengths of time.
In my 20 years of trading, I have not witnessed this increase in prices within such a short period of time. Goods i placed order for in a particular company on the 30th of October has not been supplied to my warehouse and there has been two price increment within the period!
— Aisha Yesufu (@AishaYesufu) November 24, 2020
Depressing thought : You will never live in the Japanese Edo period
— Joos (@inVeritat) November 17, 2020
Blessed are students who put periods and commas inside of quotation marks.
— Christopher Bishop (@Chris_Bishop) September 25, 2020
Try using period!
Which of the following sentences ends in a period?
A. What time is it?
B. I am a good listener.
C. Look at that!
D. It is too quiet here …
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A punctuation mark (.) that ends a declarative sentence. A period is also used in abbreviations such as Mr. and Dr.