ADJ
- extended, lengthy, long, prolonged
- brief, limited, short
- The offer is only available for a limited period
- full
- You have been paid for the full period of your employment with us
- fixed, set
- The medication is prescribed for a fixed period of time
- indefinite
- early, late
- the late Victorian period
- happy
- a happy period in her life
- dark, difficult, lean
- a dark period in the country's history
- critical
- a critical period in the development of the project
- interim, intervening
- transitional
- off-peak, peak
- Christmas
- medieval, Tudor, etc.
- inter-war, post-war
- accounting
- cooling-off
- The customer has the right to cancel the contract during the seven-day cooling-off period
- formative
- The most formative period of life is childhood
- gestation, incubation
- rest
- training
- waiting
- trial
- You can use the software free for a 30-day trial period
- time
VERB + PERIOD
- cover
- the period covered by the book
PREP
- after a ~
- after a long period of waiting
- during/throughout the ~
- during the intervening period
- for a ~
- We lived in Caracas for a brief period
- in/within a/ the ~
- Sales have gone up in the last-five-year period
- over a/the ~
- There will be a reduced bus service over the Christmas period. Changes were monitored over a period of two months
- within a/the ~
- Committee members will not be eligible for re-election within a period of two years
- ~ between
- the period between his resigning and finding a new job
- ~ from … to …
- the period from 1 July to 31 December
PHRASES
- the beginning/end/start of a period, a period of history, sb's period of office
- Public spending was cut during his period of office
- a period of study
- Try breaking your period of study into 20-minute blocks
- a period of time
- The balance must be paid within an agreed period of time
- a period of transition
- a period of transition between communist rule and democratic government
ADJ
- heavy, light
- menstrual
- monthly
VERB + PERIOD
- have
- I've got my period and don't feel too great
- start
- I was thirteen when I started my periods