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noun
The length of time during which an activity occurs or a condition remains, which may be measured either in seconds or in millions of years, depending upon the nature of the activity or condition being considered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: period of time
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an amount of time
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: period of time, period
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fundamental quantity, fundamental measure
Narrower terms: trial period, test period, time frame, hours, downtime, uptime, work time, time off, bout, hospitalization, travel time, times, time, elapsed time, duration, continuance, week, calendar week, midweek, field day, life, lifetime, life-time, lifespan, millennium, millenary, bimillennium, bimillenary, occupation, past, shelf life, puerperium, lactation, time of life, calendar day, civil day, festival, day, daytime, daylight, morning, morn, morning time, forenoon, night, nighttime, dark, eve, evening, hebdomad, fortnight, two weeks, weekend, Indian summer, Saint Martin's summer, year, school, schooltime, school day, twelvemonth, yr, semester, bimester, Olympiad, lustrum, decade, decennary, decennium, century, quadrennium, quinquennium, half-century, quarter-century, quarter, phase of the moon, calendar month, month, mid-January, mid-February, mid-March, mid-April, mid-May, mid-June, mid-July, mid-August, mid-September, mid-October, mid-November, mid-December, time limit, term, trimester, hour, silly season, Golden Age, silver age, bronze age, iron age, great year, Platonic year, regulation time, overtime, extra time, season, time of year, dog days, canicule, canicular days, midwinter, long time, age, years, long run, long haul, drought, drouth, era, epoch, generation, prehistory, prehistoric culture, reign, run, youth, early days, dawn, sleep, nap, lease, term of a contract, half life, half-life, tide, lunar time period, phase, stage, multistage, watch, peacetime, wartime, enlistment, hitch, term of enlistment, tour of duty, duty tour, tour, honeymoon, indiction, prohibition, prohibition era, incubation period, rainy day, novitiate, noviciate, flower, prime, peak, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush, running time, clotting time, air alert, question time, real time, study hall, usance, window, Stone Age, Eolithic Age, Eolithic, Paleolithic Age, Paleolithic, Palaeolithic, Lower Paleolithic, Middle Paleolithic, Upper Paleolithic, Mesolithic Age, Mesolithic, Epipaleolithic, Neolithic Age, Neolithic, New Stone Age, Great Schism
History
From time + period.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
