to put a period to

  • 1period — [pir′ē əd] n. [ME paryode < MFr periode < L periodus < Gr periodos, a going around, cycle < peri , around + hodos, way < IE base * sed , to go > Sans ā sad , go toward] 1. the interval between recurrent astronomical events, as… …

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  • 2period — n. portion of time 1) a cooling off; incubation; prehistoric; question and answer; rest; transitional; trial; waiting period 2) (sports) an extra period 3) for a period 4) in a certain period (in that period of history) menstruation 5) to have a… …

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  • 3put option — see option 3 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. put option …

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  • 4put — n: put option at option 3 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. put …

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  • 5put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …

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  • 6period — perìod m DEFINICIJA 1. odsječak vremena [period srednjega vijeka]; doba, razdoblje 2. faza u razvoju, razdoblje koje je po čemu karakteristično [period nasilja] 3. fiz. (simbol T) vrijeme potrebno nekom oscilirajućem sustavu da izvrši jedan puni… …

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  • 7put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …

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  • 8put right — index disabuse, edit, emend, help, redress, repair, restore (renew) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. Wil …

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  • 9Put Your Dreams Away (For Another Day) — is a song by Frank Sinatra. The song was written in 1945 by Ruth Lowe, Paul Mann, and Stephen Weiss. Lowe had also written Sinatra s first hit (as a vocalist with the Tommy Dorsey orchestra), I ll Never Smile Again . Sinatra first recorded Put… …

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  • 10Period — Pe ri*od, v. t. To put an end to. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …

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