noun · neutral
period
UK/ˈpɪəriəd/US/ˈpɪriəd/PE·ri·od
Band 7+speakingtask1task2
a length or portion of time
Examples
“She lived abroad for a period of five years.”
“The Renaissance was an important historical period.”
“There will be a short period of maintenance tonight.”
Band 8 sentence
“Over the period considered, productivity improved despite initial setbacks.”
Collocations
- for a period of
- historical period
- over the period
Word family
periodic adjectiveperiodically adverb
Common mistakes
during a period of five years I lived there→for a period of five years I lived there
He studied in the same period→He studied in the same period of history
Say it for a higher band
5time→6span→7+period
Synonyms
span
era
Easily confused
term
“The exam covers the whole term.”
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