Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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period | Yes | No | No | No |
punctuation | Yes | No | No | No |
period (noun) | punctuation (noun) |
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a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases |
the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases |
an amount of time | something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions |
the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon | |
a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed | |
the end or completion of something | |
(ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games |