Plural of period

Forms of period

Periods in a sentence

• He writhed for twenty minutes under the flowery and eulogistic periods of the president, and rose himself in the state of confused indignation which the Briton feels when he is publicly approved.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html)...
• Fossils are particularly well described from the Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and have been found in the USA, England, Russia, Lebanon and Germany.2017 August 9, Mark Carnall, “Why do cephalopods produce ink? And what's ink made of, anyway?”, in The Guardian
• The modern British oligarchy—particularly during periods of Tory rule—has been called a chumocracy.From the entry oligarchy
• Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.From the entry sterilization
• This great astronomer had discovered the orbitational periods of Jupiter and Mars.From the entry orbitational

Meaning of period

1. noun A length of time.
2. noun A length of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
3. noun The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).

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Questions about the plural of period

What is the plural of period?

The plural of period is periods.

Is period countable?

Period is a countable noun.