how to pronounce period

/ˈpɪɹiːəd/

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period is pronounced in three syllables

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example pitch curve for pronunciation of period

pɪɹəd

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An example use of period in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… or how long of a period of time did the …”

meaning of period

Period is a punctuation mark.

period frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word period occurs in english on average 88.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics period can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that period can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) education, science, and technology;

words with pronunciation similar to period

myriadperiodsseriouscerealpeeragepartedbeardeddearyseriestheory

words that rhyme with period

myriad

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