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A length of time.

Example: There was a period of confusion following the announcement.

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

Example: Food rationing continued in the post-war period.

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

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.

To come to a period; to conclude.

To put an end to.

Designating anything from a given historical era.

Example: a period TV commercial

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

That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story

Example: I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!