noun / interjection
period
A punctuation dot marking the end of a statement.
She puts a period at the end of each statement.
Etymology
The Greek ancestor means a circuit or completed course. A period in rhetoric was a complete unit of expression, and its closing mark took the same name.
More examples
- Your last sentence needs a period.
- Replace the question marks with periods to make these sentences statements.
- I'm not lending you my car, period.
Forms
period · periods
Similar words
- dot
- Names the shape, not specifically a sentence-ending punctuation mark.