English-Italian translations for period

• periodo
  Poi è iniziato un periodo di rapida ristrutturazione. Then came a period of rapid redevelopment.
  26 anni sono un periodo eccessivamente lungo. This is much too long a period.
  Cinque anni sono un periodo troppo breve. Five years is far too short a period.
• punto
  Il secondo punto concerne i periodi di transizione. The second point concerns transitional periods.
  Secondo punto: richiesta di autorizzazione formale con scadenza. Secondly, authorization once a specified period of time has elapsed.
• epoca
  Come sapete, a quell'epoca io ero ancora responsabile del settore. As you know, that was the period for which I still had some responsibility.
  Infatti all'epoca le esportazioni europee furono significative anche se nel frattempo la situazione è stata rettificata. European exports rose during that period but the situation has now been rectified.
  Stiamo entrando in un'epoca di paventata recessione, ammesso che non siamo già entrati. We are entering a period of threatened recession, if we are not already in recession.
• periodo di tempo
  E' necessario un periodo di tempo più lungo. A longer time period is needed.
  E' necessario che tali aiuti siano erogati per un periodo di tempo sufficientemente lungo. This aid needs to be supplied for a sufficiently long period of time.
  Tale limite è stabilito in 48 ore calcolate su un periodo di tempo di quattro mesi. They are set at 48 hours measured over a period of four months.
• stadio
  Potremmo tenerlo in Inghilterra per un pò, portarlo allo stadio ogni domenica e lasciarlo in balia dei nostri hooligan . We could keep him in England for a period, take him to a football stadium every week and subject him to English football hooligans.
  Non dimentichiamo, infine, che la malattia è riconoscibile praticamente solo nel suo stadio terminale e che il periodo di incubazione è enormemente lungo. In addition, it must also be clearly understood that the disease cannot be diagnosed until it has virtually reached the terminal stage and that the incubation period, as we know, is extremely long.

Definition of period

• A length of time.
• A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.
• The punctuation mark “'''.'''” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation
• Female menstruation.
• A section of an artist's, writer's career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.
• Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.
• Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.
• The length of time for a disease to run its course.
• A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.
• A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.
• A row in the periodic table of the elements.
• A ''Drosophila'gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm
• Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase
• End point, conclusion
• Designating anything from a given historical era.
• Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery
• That's final; that's the end of the matter ; end of story
• To come to a period; to conclude
• To put an end to

Synonyms

• full stop

Examples

• There was a period of confusion following the announcement
• Youll be on probation for a six-month period
• Food rationing continued in the post-war period
• When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming
• This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period
• I have math class in second period
• Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period
• a period car
• a period TV commercial
• I know you dont want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!

Related words

• periodically
• periodic
• periodical
• periodontitis
• periodicity
• antiperiodic
• periodization
• photoperiodism
• periodontal