period
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Is period a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of period?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).Examples: "‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’"Synonyms: point, full stop, dot, full-point, plain pointCanadaPhilippinesUS
2. (figurative) A decisive end to something; a stop.Examples: "My sufferings, physical and mental, are more than I can bear, and when such small arrangements as I have to make for your future well-being are completed it is my intention to put a period to them."figuratively
3. (euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this.Examples: "When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."euphemistic
4. (euphemistic) Female menstruation; an episode of this.euphemistic
5. (sports, chiefly ice hockey) Each of the intervals, typically three, of which a game is divided.Examples: "Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."
6. (sports, chiefly ice hockey) One or more additional intervals to decide a tied game, an overtime period.Examples: "They won in the first overtime period."
intj (English)
1. (chiefly Canada, US) That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story.Examples: "I know you don't want to go to the dentist, but your teeth need to be checked, period!"Synonyms: full stop, that's that, end of discussionCanadaUS
verb (English)
1. (obsolete, intransitive) To come to a period; to conclude.Examples: "For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied."intransitiveobsolete
2. (obsolete, transitive, rare) To put an end to.obsoleteraretransitive
3. (colloquial) To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.colloquial
Definition source: Wiktionary