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Period piece

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Definition

period /'pÇǝriǝd/ n ၁။ ကာလအပိုင္းအျခား။ အခ်ိန္ပိုင္း။ a prolonged period of peace/ recovery/ uncertainty ❍ aiming to reduce traffic at peak periods ❍ a £200m investment programme over a 4-year period ❍ This compares with a 4% increase for the same period in 1993. ❍ This offer is available for a limited period only. ❍ There will be showers and sunny periods tomorrow. See also COOLING-OFF PERIOD ၂။ (က) ေခတ္။ a painting from Picasso's blue period ❍ during the period of the French Revolution ❍ The house is 18th century and contains much furniture of the period (ie of the same century). ❍ period costumes/ furniture. (ခ) ( geology ) ယုဂ္။ the Jurassic period. ၃။ (ေက်ာင္း) အခ်ိန္။ a free period ❍ We have three periods of geography a week. ၄။ ရာသီ။ ဓမၼတာ။ have a period ❍ period pains. ၅။ ( esp US ) (က) = FULL STOP (ခ) ( infml ) (ဒါ)အျပတ္ပဲ။ We can't pay higher wages, period. ❏ period piece n ေခတ္ေၾကးမံု။ It is being staged as a period piece, a spirited evocation of life in the Thirties.

Examples

  1. The long dry period ended with torrential rain.
  2. [period of] : A decision has to be made within a period of three months.
  3. [period of time] : They reached these conclusions in a relatively short period of time.
  4. Their collection is confined solely to the Roman period.
  5. This is described as the artist’s angry period.
  6. They have another period of science this afternoon.
  7. I realized I might be pregnant when I missed my period.
  8. You are not going out tonight
  9. period.