[
  {
    "word": "period",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8p\u026a\u0259\u0279\u026a\u0259d/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8p\u026a\u0259\u0279\u026a\u0259d/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/period-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1229266",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A length of time.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "There was a period of confusion following the announcement."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A period of time in history seen as a single coherent entity; an epoch, era.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Food rationing continued in the post-war period."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The punctuation mark \u201c.\u201d (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The length of time during which the same characteristics of a periodic phenomenon recur, such as the repetition of a wave or the rotation of a planet.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Female menstruation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "When she is on her period, she prefers not to go swimming."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A section of an artist's, writer's (etc.) career distinguished by a given quality, preoccupation etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This is one of the last paintings Picasso created during his Blue Period."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Each of the divisions into which a school day is split, allocated to a given subject or activity.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I have math class in second period."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Each of the intervals into which various sporting events are divided.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Gretzky scored in the last minute of the second period."
          },
          {
            "definition": "The length of time for a disease to run its course.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An end or conclusion; the final point of a process etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A complete sentence, especially one expressing a single thought or making a balanced, rhythmic whole.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A specific moment during a given process; a point, a stage.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A row in the periodic table of the elements.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A subdivision of an era, typically lasting from tens to hundreds of millions of years, see Appendix: Geologic timescale.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A Drosophila gene, the gene product of which is involved in regulation of the circadian rhythm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Two phrases (an antecedent and a consequent phrase).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The length of an interval over which a periodic function, periodic sequence or repeating decimal repeats; often the least such length.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "End point, conclusion.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "dot",
          "full stop",
          "full-point",
          "plain point",
          "point"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "frequency"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To come to a period; to conclude.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To put an end to.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Designating anything from a given historical era.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a period TV commercial"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Evoking, or appropriate for, a particular historical period, especially through the use of elaborate costumes and scenery.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "interjection",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "That's final; that's the end of the matter (analogous to a period ending a sentence); end of story",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I know you don't want to go to the dentist but your teeth need to be checked, period!"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "full stop"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/period"
    ]
  }
]