period
adverb/ˈpɪəriəd/
/ˈpɪriəd/
(especially North American English) (British English also full stop)
(informal)- used at the end of a sentence to emphasize that there is nothing more to say about a subject
- The answer is no, period!
Word Originlate Middle English (denoting the time during which something, especially a disease, runs its course): from Old French periode, via Latin from Greek periodos ‘orbit, recurrence, course’, from peri- ‘around’ + hodos ‘way, course’. The sense ‘portion of time’ dates from the early 17th cent.Want to learn more?
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