#️⃣#Period /ˈpɪəriəd $ ˈpɪr-/ BrE AmE #noun [countable]


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🔘a period in history

⚪️period ▶️ a particular time in history, especially one studied as a subject:

✨the late Victorian period
✨the interwar period
✨During that period many people moved from the countryside to the towns.

⚪️time ▶️ a period of years, months, days etc:

✨The 1960s were a time of great social change.
✨the biggest earthquake in modern times
✨Verdun was an important city in Roman times.

⚪️age ▶️ a long period, especially one that represents a particular stage in the development of civilization or technology:

✨the industrial age
✨We are now in the age of the Internet.
✨the Stone Age (=when people used tools made of stone)

⚪️era ▶️ a long period that has a particular character or that is marked by particular events:

✨We live in an era of breathtaking change.
✨the post-war era
✨De Gaulle’s death marked the end of an era.

⚪️epoch /ˈiːpɒk $ ˈepək/ #formal ▶️ means the same as era, but sounds more formal and important:

✨We are now entering a new epoch in human history.
✨the colonial epoch
✨It was the end of an epoch.


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