PERIOD

6 letters 9 Scrabble points /ˈpɪəɹɪəd/

Definition of PERIOD

noun

  1. A length of time.

    "There was a period of confusion following the announcement."

  2. A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.

    "Food rationing continued in the post-war period."

  3. The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

Related words: dot full stop full-point plain point point
verb

  1. To come to a period; to conclude.

  2. To put an end to.

adjective

  1. Designating anything from a given historical era.

    "a period TV commercial"

  2. Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.

interjection

  1. 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!"

Related words: full stop

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters P E R I O D
Length 6 letters
Scrabble Score 9 points

Anagrams of PERIOD

Words that use the same letters:

DOPIER

Words Containing "PERIOD"

ANTIPERIODIC APERIODIC APERIODICALLY APERIODICITY COPERIODIC EQUIPERIODIC EXTRAPERIODIC FOREPERIOD HYDROPERIOD HOMOPERIODIC MESOPERIODIC METAPERIODIC NONPERIODIC NONPERIODICAL NONPERIODICALLY PARAPERIODIC PERIODATE PERIODIC PERIODICAL PERIODICALISM

Words Starting with "PERIOD"

PERIODATE PERIODIC PERIODICAL PERIODICALISM PERIODICALIST PERIODICALIZE PERIODICALLY PERIODICALNESS PERIODICALS PERIODICITY PERIODID PERIODIDE PERIODIDS PERIODIZATION PERIODIZE PERIODOGRAM PERIODOGRAPH PERIODOLOGY PERIODONTAL PERIODONTALLY

Words Ending with "PERIOD"

FOREPERIOD HYDROPERIOD PHOTOPERIOD SUBPERIOD THERMOPERIOD