Definitions For Period
noun
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- The monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause
- An amount of time
- The end or completion of something
- A unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
- (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
- The interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
- A length of time during which a series of events or an action takes place or is completed
- A length of time that is very important in the history of the world, a nation, etc.
- A time that is very important in the life of a person
Is Periods a Scrabble Word?
Words With Friends
YES
Scrabble US
YES
Scrabble UK
YES
English International (SOWPODS)
YES
Scrabble Global
YES
Enable1 Dictionary
YES
Points in Different Games
Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
11
The word Period is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends
Examples of Period in a Sentence
- We have had two power failures in a five-month period.
- The period between Christmas and New Year's Eve is a very busy one for us.
- We are studying our country's colonial period.
Synonyms for Period
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