All period synonyms
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P p noun period
- century β A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
- decade β A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 1980 to 1989.
- day β A day is one of the seven twenty-four hour periods of time in a week.
- generation β the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- continuance β The continuance of something is its continuation.
- era β A long and distinct period of history with a particular feature or characteristic.
- omega β the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ©, Ο).
- quiescency β Quiescence: the state of being quiescent, or at rest.
- longness β (rare) length, lengthiness.
- duration β the length of time something continues or exists (often used with the).
- window β an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
- contemporaries β existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- anytime β You use anytime to mean a point in time which is not fixed or set.
- weeks β a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- inning β Usually, ins. persons in office or political power (distinguished from outs).
- at one's convenience β at a time, or in a place or manner, suitable to one
- lengthiness β The property of being lengthy, longness.
- full stop β period (defs 10, 11).
- cycle β If you cycle, you ride a bicycle.
- while β a period or interval of time: to wait a long while; He arrived a short while ago.
- millennium β a period of 1000 years.
- windup β the conclusion of any action, activity, etc.; the end or close.
- expiry β The end of the period for which something is valid.
- date β A date is a specific time that can be named, for example a particular day or a particular year.
- go around β an act or instance of going around something, as a circle, course, or traffic pattern, and returning to the starting point.
- flyspeck β a speck or tiny stain from the excrement of a fly.
- length β the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
- longitude β Geography. angular distance east or west on the earth's surface, measured by the angle contained between the meridian of a particular place and some prime meridian, as that of Greenwich, England, and expressed either in degrees or by some corresponding difference in time.
- decimal point β A decimal point is the dot in front of a decimal fraction.
- year β a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- conclusion β When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
- lifetime β the time that the life of someone or something continues; the term of a life: peace within our lifetime.
- extensiveness β The degree or property of being extensive.
- aeon β An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- month β Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- monthlies β pertaining to a month, or to each month.
- incumbency β the quality or state of being incumbent.
- hour β a period of time equal to one twenty-fourth of a mean solar or civil day and equivalent to 60 minutes: He slept for an hour.
- interval β an intervening period of time: an interval of 50 years.
- cutoff β A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
- lesson β a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
- interregnum β an interval of time between the close of a sovereign's reign and the accession of his or her normal or legitimate successor.
- homework β schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- episode β An event or a group of events occurring as part of a larger sequence; an incident or period considered in isolation.
- kiss off β an act or instance of kissing.
- age β Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- ending β An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
- week β a period of seven successive days, usually understood as beginning with Sunday and ending with Saturday.
adjective period
- monthly β pertaining to a month, or to each month.