Словарь синонимов английского языка - period

(n) 1. interval, time, term, span, duration, spell, space, stretch; while; Colloq chiefly Brit patch: During the period of his absence, his children had grown up. I waited a short period, then phoned again. We went through a bad period last year. 2. era, days, epoch, aeon, age, years: During the Old English period, very little was written down. 3. full stop: Place periodc at the ends of sentences.