What is this word period?
The period (also known as a full stop, especially in British English) is a punctuation mark ( . ) primarily used to indicate the end of a sentence. It appears as a single dot on the bottom line of the text, and it comes immediately after the last word of the sentence without a space.
What is correct spelling of period?
A period is a major punctuation mark used in English that resembles a dot, like the dot at the end of this sentence.
Is a period a symbol?
Punctuation marks are symbols that are used to aid the clarity and comprehension of written language. Some common punctuation marks are the period, comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe, quotation mark and hyphen.
What is another name for a period?
What is another word for period?
menstruation | menorrhea |
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menarche | monthly |
show | time |
menstrual cycle | menstrual flow |
time of the month | being on the rag |
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