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The correct spelling is periods.
How to pronounce periods
noun
Say it like: Per-iod-s
The correct spelling is periods. A length of time. For example: "There was a period of confusion following the announcement."
Usage Examples
“There was a period of confusion following the announcement.”
“Food rationing continued in the post-war period.”
“When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming.”
Definition
noun
- 1.A length of time.
- 2.A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
- 3.The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
- 4.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.
- 5.Female menstruation.
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