período — meaning in English

English meaning

• period noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
• sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
• span noun The distance or length between two points, edges, or supports.

Senses

período is used for these senses in English:

• period (chemistry) A row in the periodic table of the elements. [from 19th c.]
• period (geology) A geochronologic unit of millions to tens of millions of years; a subdivision of an era, and subdivided into epochs.
• sentence (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied. In modern writing, when using e.g. the Latin, Greek or Cyrillic alphabets, typically beginning with a capital letter and ending with a full stop or other punctuation. [from 15th c.]
• span (by extension) A small space or a brief portion of time.

period — full definition

1. noun A stretch of time, or a particular era seen as a distinct whole.
2. noun The punctuation mark "." used to end a sentence or mark an abbreviation.
3. noun A monthly episode of menstruation.
4. noun One of the timed segments a game, class, or match is divided into.
5. intj Used to show a statement is final, with nothing more to add.

sentence — full definition

1. noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.
2. noun The punishment given to someone found guilty of a crime.
3. verb To formally give a punishment to someone convicted of a crime.

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