period of history
collocation in Englishmeaningsofperiodandhistory
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period
noun[C]
uk/ˈpɪə.ri.əd/us/ˈpɪr.i.əd/
a length ...
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history
noun
uk/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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(Definition ofperiodandhistoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofperiod of history
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Theperiodofhistoryit treats can never again be left to sit in a gloomy inglenook.
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It was, in fact, far too short aperiodofhistoryto carry the weight of such far-reaching decisions.
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He appears as a man who did not shirk from decisions, making the journal, though stylistically plodding, a useful contribution to thisperiodofhistory.
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Throughout thisperiodofhistory, the most apparent tendency in the electoral arena has been two-party competitiveness.
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If this were aperiodofhistorythat has not been covered extensively, this might be somewhat excusable.
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Research on thisperiodofhistoryis still scarce and remains short on depth of understanding since the wartime documentation was not accessible for 40 years.
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We are in this country perhaps over-used to being hated over a long and turbulentperiodofhistory.
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At thisperiodofhistorythat is much more important than research into outer space, and is going to be the more rewarding.
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This is the point which presents us with one of the major questions of the developing pattern of world trade in thisperiodofhistory.
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I think that all this can be seen as transitional in the wider context of thisperiodofhistory.
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Let me start by praising famous men and women: the people who will define ourperiodofhistorylong after we are gone.
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But that is a differentperiodofhistory.
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I merely say that in everyperiodofhistory, someone gets the muddy end of the stick.
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One further fact has since come to light about thatperiodofhistory.
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However, that is not very significant when one is thinking in terms of theperiodofhistorythat we ought to be considering.
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It is determined by the economic speed at which goods can be carried in any particularperiodofhistory.
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It is going back on all that we have done over our longperiodofhistory.
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I do not know of anyperiodofhistorywhen co-operation has been more needed for the salvation of an empire.
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We live in a very uncomfortableperiodofhistory.
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In noperiodofhistoryhas it reached this point.
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