period

1. period (noun) — sense 1

Definition: A length of time.

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

2. period (noun) — sense 2

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

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

3. period (noun) — sense 3

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

Example: ‘You know, a period? The black spot at the end of a sentence — what do you call them over there?’

4. period (adj) — sense 4

Definition: Designating anything from a given historical era.

Example: a period car

5. period (adj) — sense 5

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

Example: a period piece

6. period (adj) — sense 6

Definition: Menstrual.

Example: period pains

7. period (intj) — sense 7

Definition: 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!

8. period (verb) — sense 8

Definition: To come to a period; to conclude.

Example: For you may period upon this, that where there is the most pity for others, there is the greatest misery in the party pitied.

9. period (verb) — sense 9

Definition: To put an end to.

10. period (verb) — sense 10

Definition: To menstruate; to excrete menstrual blood.