Read full poem →Was not so soft and warm and sweet.
Their pilgrimage's period
A few swift moons have seen complete
Dictionary Entry
period
Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈpɪəɹɪəd/Word FrequencyCommon (6.13)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓A length of time.
In a Sentence
“There was a period of confusion following the announcement.”
Published Usage Examples
“The RE is, at least as I understand it (and in 40 years of statistics and econometrics I never ran in to it until started reading climate papers), is 1 minus the ratio of the predicted minus actual values (both in the verification period) squared over the squared deviations of the actual values (in the verification per”
“It is going to make a difference which 5-year period is picked or whether the trend rate measured over a 5-year period of a 10-year period .”
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Origin
Not available
Common Phrases
. periodperiod longperiod sameperiod yearperiod timeperiod shortperiod early
Poetry examples for “period”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →As those were all the little locks could bear.
Now, read here. "Protus ends a period
Of empery beginning with a god;
Read full poem →O'er his work the boy's curls fell.
But ever, at each period,
He stopped and sang, "Praise God!"
