#time_period__period__period_of_time an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of his recovery"
supertype: pm#time_measure (pm) #fundamental_quantity
instance: #Bronze_Age #Iron_Age #Stone_Age #Eolithic_Age #Paleolithic_Age #Mesolithic_Age #Neolithic_Age
equal: nsm#moment (pm)
subtype: #time_frame a time period during which something occurs or is expected to occur; "an agreement can be reached in a reasonably short time frame"
subtype: #hours.time_period__hour an indefinite period of time; "they talked for hours"
subtype: #downtime a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is not operating (especially as a result of malfunctions)
subtype: #uptime a period of time when something (as a machine or factory) is functioning and available for use
subtype: #work_time a time period when you are required to work
subtype: #hours a period of time assigned for work; "they work long hours"
subtype: #work_shift__shift__duty_period the time period during which you are at work
subtype: #spell__go__tour__turn a time for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else); "it's my go"; "a spell of work"
subtype: #trick.work_shift a period of work or duty
subtype: #watch.work_shift a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty
subtype: #dogwatch either of two short watches: from 4-6 pm or 6-8 pm
subtype: #graveyard_watch__graveyardwatch__middle_watch__midwatch__night_watch__nightwatch a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.)
subtype: #day_shift__dayshift the work shift during the day (as 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
subtype: #swing_shift__swingshift__evening_shift__eveningshift the work shift during the evening (as 4 p.m. to midnight)
subtype: #graveyard_shift__graveyardshift__night_shift__nightshift the work shift during the night (as midnight to 8 a.m.)
subtype: #split_shift__splitshift a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between
subtype: #workweek__week hours or days of work in a calendar week; "they worked a 40-hour week"
subtype: #day.work_time the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed"
subtype: #workday__working_day__workingday the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage; "they work an 8-hour day"
subtype: #overtime work done in addition to regular working hours
subtype: #turnaround_time__turnaround time need to prepare a vessel or ship for a return trip
subtype: #time_off a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"
subtype: #spare_time__sparetime__free_time time when you are free to do things that you enjoy
subtype: #day_off__dayoff a day when you are not required to work; "Thursday is his day off"
subtype: #leisure_time__leisuretime__leisure time available for ease and relaxation; "his job left him little leisure"
subtype: #free_time__spare_time__sparetime to that is free for leisure activities
subtype: #vacation.leisure_time__holiday leisure time away from work; devoted to rest or pleasure
subtype: #vac British informal term
subtype: #outing__field_day__fieldday__picnic a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering
subtype: #honeymoon a holiday taken by a newly married couple
subtype: #paid_vacation a vacation from work by an employee with pay granted
subtype: #playtime__playday time for play or diversion
subtype: #leave_of_absence__leave the period of time during which you are absent from work or duty; "a ten day's leave to visit his mother"
subtype: #furlough a temporary leave of absence from military duty
subtype: #pass.leave_of_absence__pas (military) a written leave of absence; "he had a pass for three days"
subtype: #compassionate_leave__compassionateleave (military) granted in an emergency such as family sickness or death
subtype: #sabbatical_leave__sabbatical a leave usually taken every seventh year
subtype: #sabbatical_year__sabbaticalyear a sabbatical leave lasting one year
subtype: #shore_leave__shoreleave__liberty leave granted to a sailor or naval officer
subtype: #sick_leave a leave of absence from work because of illness
subtype: #terminal_leave final leave before discharge from military service
subtype: #travel_time a period of time spent traveling; "workers were not paid for their travel time between home and factory"
subtype: #indefinite_time_period__time an indefinite period (usually marked by specific attributes or activities); "he waited a long time"; "the time of year for planting"; "he was a great actor is his time"
subtype: #particular_day__day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
subtype: #tomorrow the day after today; "what are our tasks for tomorrow?"
subtype: #today.mean_solar_day the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"
subtype: #yesterday the day immediately before today; "it was in yesterday's newspapers"
subtype: #morrow the next day; "whenever he arrives she leaves on the morrow"
subtype: #eve the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
subtype: #Admission_Day in some states of the United States: a legal holiday commemorating the day the state was admitted to the Union
subtype: #Arbor_Day a day designated for planting trees
subtype: #commencement_day__degree_day the day on which university degrees are conferred
subtype: #Guy_Fawkes_Day__November_5 British; anniversary of the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot; effigies of Guy Fawkes are burned in England on Guy Fawkes Day
subtype: #Inauguration_Day__January_20 the day designated for inauguration of the United States President
subtype: #leap_day__bissextile_day__February_29 the name of the day that is added during a leap year
subtype: #day_of_the_month__date the specified day of the month; "what is the date today?"
subtype: #maturity_date__maturity__due_date__duedate the date on which a financial obligation must be repaid
subtype: #birthday an anniversary of the day on which a person was born
instance: #D-day__6_June_1944
subtype: #particular_date a particular day specified as the time something will happen; "the date of the election is set by law"
subtype: #rain_date an alternative date set for some outdoor event in case it rains on the appointed date; "the rain date for the picnic will be the following Sunday"
subtype: #V-day__Victory_Day the day of a victory
instance: #V-E_Day__8_May_1945 #V-J_Day__15August_1945
subtype: #rag_day__ragday (British) a day on which university students hold a rag
subtype: #red-letter_day a memorably happy or noteworthy day
subtype: #day_of_reckoning day when the consequences of misdeeds are felt
subtype: #off-day__offday a day when things go poorly; "I guess this is one of my off-days"
subtype: #payday the day on which you receive pay for your work
subtype: #polling_day__pollingday__election_day the day appointed for an election; in the United States it is the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November
subtype: #athletic_field_day__field_day__fieldday a day for outdoor athletic competition
subtype: #military_field_day__field_day__fieldday (military) a day for military exercises and display
subtype: #ides in the Roman calendar: the 15th of March or May or July or October or the 13th of any other month
subtype: #market_day a fixed day for holding a public market
subtype: #Walpurgis_Night eve of May Day
subtype: #New_Year's_Eve__December_31 the last day of the year
subtype: #Hogmanay New Year's Eve in Scotland
subtype: #Robert_E_Lee's_Birthday__Robert_E_Lee_Day__Lee's_Birthday__January_19 celebrated in southern United States
subtype: #Tet Vietnamese New Year; observed for 3 days after the 1st full moon after January 20th
subtype: #holiday a day on which work is suspended by law or custom
subtype: #half-holiday a day on which half is free from work or duty
subtype: #religious_holiday__religiousholiday__holy_day a day specified for religious observance
subtype: #fast_day a day designated for fasting
subtype: #feast_day__feastday__fete_day a day designated for feasting
subtype: #Christian_holy_day a religious holiday for Christians
subtype: #quarter_day__quarterday a Christian holy day; (Britain) one of four specified days when certain payments are due
subtype: #Martinmas__St_Martin's_Day__November_11 the feast of Saint Martin; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #Annunciation_Day__Annunciation__Lady_Day__March_25 a festival commemorating the announcement of the Incarnation by the angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Michaelmas_Day__Michaelmas__September_29 honoring the archangel Michael; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Candlemas_Day__Candlemas__Feb_2 feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #Lammas_Day__Lammas__August_1 commemorates Saint Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison; a quarter day in Scotland; a harvest festival in England
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Midsummer_Day__Midsummer's_Day__St_John's_Day__June_24 a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Pentecost__Whitsunday seventh Sunday after Easter; commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; a quarter day in Scotland
subtype: #holy_day_of_obligation a day when Catholics must attend Mass and refrain from servile work, and Episcopalians must take Communion
subtype: #Solemnity_of_Mary__January_1 (Roman Catholic) a holy day of obligation
subtype: #Ascension_of_the_Lord__Ascension__Ascension_Day the 40th day after Easter; celebrates the Ascension of Christ into heaven
subtype: #Assumption_of_Mary__Assumption__August_15 celebration of the Virgin Mary's being taken up into heaven when her earthly life ended
subtype: #All_Saints'_Day__Allhallows__November_1__Hallowmas__Hallowmass a Christian feast day honoring all the saints; first observed in 835
subtype: #December_8__Immaculate_Conception Roman Catholic holy day first celebrated in 1854
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Saint_Agnes's_Eve__January_20 a Christian holy day
subtype: #Easter_Sunday__Easter_Day the day (in March or April) on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
subtype: #Palm_Sunday Sunday before Easter
subtype: #Passion_Sunday second Sunday before Easter
subtype: #Good_Friday Friday before Easter
subtype: #Low_Sunday the Sunday following Easter
subtype: #Holy_Saturday the Saturday before Easter; the last day of Lent
subtype: #Holy_Innocents'_Day__Innocents'_Day December 28, commemorating Herod's slaughter of the children of Bethlehem
subtype: #Septuagesima_Sunday__Septuagesima the 3rd Sunday before Lent (or the 9th before Easter)
subtype: #Quinquagesima_Sunday__Quinquagesima the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent)
subtype: #Quadragesima__Quadrigesima_Sunday the first Sunday in Lent
subtype: #Trinity_Sunday eighth Sunday after Easter
subtype: #Rogation_Day one of the three days before Ascension Day; observed by some Christians as days of supplication
subtype: #Maundy_Thursday__Holy_Thursday the Thursday before Easter; commemorates the Last Supper
subtype: #Corpus_Christi.Christian_holy_day__corpuschristi Thursday after Trinity Sunday; first celebrated in 1246
subtype: #Saints_Peter_and_Paul__June_29 first celebrated in the 3rd century
subtype: #Epiphany_of_Our_Lord__Epiphany__Twelfth_day__Three_Kings'_Day__January_6 twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
subtype: #Saint_Joseph__St_Joseph__March_19 a Christian holy day
subtype: #Twelfth_night eve of Twelfth day; evening of January 5
subtype: #All_Souls'_Day__November_2 a day of supplication for all the souls in purgatory
subtype: #Ash_Wednesday the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance
subtype: #Ember_Day a day set aside for fasting and prayer
subtype: #Advent_Sunday the first of four Sundays of Advent
subtype: #Mardi_Gras__Shrove_Tuesday__pancake_day the last day before Lent
subtype: #Jewish_holy_day a religious holiday for Jews
subtype: #Rosh_Hodesh__Rosh_Chodesh (Judaism) the beginning of each month in the Jewish calendar; marked by a special liturgy
subtype: #high_holy_day__high_holiday Jewish holy days observed with particular solemnity
subtype: #Rosh_Hashanah__Rosh_Hashana__Rosh_Hashonah__Rosh_Hashona__Jewish_New_Year (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day celebrated on the 1st or 1st and 2nd of Tishri; noted for the blowing of the shofar
subtype: #Yom_Kippur__Day_of_Atonement (Judaism) a solemn Jewish fast day; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic Law
subtype: #Purim (Judaism) a Jewish holy day commemorating their deliverance from massacre by Haman
subtype: #Succos__Sukkoth__Feast_of_Booths__Feast_of_Tabernacles__Tabernacles (Judaism) a Jewish harvest festival
subtype: #Shavous__Shabuoth__Shavuoth__Shavuot__Pentecost__Feast_of_Weeks (Judaism) Jewish holy day celebrated on the sixth of Sivan to celebrate Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
subtype: #Shimchath_Torah__Simchat_Torah__Simhath_Torah__Simhat_Torah__Simchas_Torah__Rejoicing_over_the_Law__Rejoicing_of_the_Law__Rejoicing_in_the_Law (Judaism) a Jewish holy day celebrated on the 22nd or 23rd of Tishri to celebrate the completion of the annual cycle of readings of the Torah
subtype: #Tishah_b'Av__Tishah_b'Ab__Tisha_b'Av__Tisha_b'Ab__Ninth_of_Av__Ninth_of_Ab__Fast_of_Av__Fast_of_Ab (Judaism) a Jewish fast day commemorating the destruction of the temples in Jerusalem
subtype: #Hanukkah__Hanukah__Chanukah__Festival_of_Lights__Feast_of_Lights__Feast_of_Dedication__Feast_of_the_Dedication__feastofthededication (Judaism) an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem
subtype: #Lag_b'Omer (Judaism) Jewish holy day; the 33rd day after the 2nd day of Passover; the 18th day of Iyar
subtype: #movable_feast__moveable_feast a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years
subtype: #Easter a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ; celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox
subtype: #Pasch__Pascha an archaic name for Easter or Passover
subtype: #Passover__Pesach__Pesah__Feast_of_the_Unleavened_Bread (Judaism) a Jewish festival (traditionally 8 days) celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
subtype: #Pasch__Pascha an archaic name for Easter or Passover
subtype: #Christmas_Eve__Dec_24 the day before Christmas
subtype: #legal_holiday__national_holiday authorized by law and limiting work or official business
subtype: #New_Year's_Day__New_Year's__January_1 the first day of the year
subtype: #Martin_Luther_King_Jr's_Birthday__Martin_Luther_King_Day observed on the Monday closest to January 15
subtype: #Presidents'_Day (US) the 3rd Monday in February; commemorates both United States Presidents Lincoln and Washington
subtype: #Memorial_Day__Decoration_Day U.S., last Monday in May; commemorates the members of the United States armed forces who were killed in war
subtype: #Independence_Day__Fourth_of_July__July_4 a legal holiday in the United States
subtype: #Labor_Day first Monday in September in U.S. and Canada
subtype: #Columbus_Day__Discovery_Day__October_12 a legal holiday commemorating the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus
subtype: #Christmas_Day__Christmas__Xmas__Dec_25 a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ; a quarter day in England, Wales, and Ireland
subtype: #Boxing_Day (British) first weekday after Christmas
subtype: #bank_holiday any of several weekdays when banks are closed; a legal holiday in Britain
subtype: #Commonwealth_Day__Empire_day__May_24 British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
subtype: #Dominion_Day__July_1 (Canada) a legal holiday commemorating receiving dominion status in 1867
subtype: #Bastille_Day__July_14__july14 a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris Bastille in 1789
subtype: #Veterans'_Day__Armistice_Day__November_11 US: formerly Armistice Day; called Veterans Day since 1954
subtype: #Thanksgiving_Day__Thanksgiving fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag Indians
subtype: #Groundhog_Day__February_2 (US) if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow there will be 6 more weeks of winter
subtype: #Lincoln's_Birthday__February_12 (US) the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered
subtype: #Valentine_Day__Valentine's_Day__Saint_Valentine's_Day__St_Valentine's_Day__February_14 a day for the exchange of tokens of affection
subtype: #Washington's_Birthday__February_22 (US) the day on which George Washington is remembered
subtype: #Texas_Independence_Day__March_2 Texans celebrate the anniversary of Texas' declaration of independence from Mexico in 1836
subtype: #St_Patrick's_Day__Saint_Patrick's_Day__March_17 a day observed by the Irish to commemorate the patron saint of Ireland
subtype: #April_Fools'_day__April_Fools'__All_Fools'_day April 1; celebrated by playing of practical jokes
subtype: #Pan_American_Day__April_14 a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries
subtype: #Patriot's_Day the 3rd Monday in April; Massachusetts and Maine celebrate the battle of Lexington and Concord in 1775
subtype: #May_Day__First_of_May__May_1 observed in the United States to celebrate the coming of spring; observed in Russia in honor of labor
subtype: #Mother's_Day second Sunday in May
subtype: #Armed_Forces_Day the 3rd Saturday in May
subtype: #Jefferson_Davis'_Birthday__Davis'_Birthday__June_3 celebrated in southern United States
subtype: #Flag_Day__June_14 commemorating the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777
subtype: #Father's_Day US: third Sunday in June
subtype: #Citizenship_Day__September_17 celebrated in the United States
subtype: #American_Indian_Day US: the 4th Friday in September
subtype: #United_Nations_Day__October_24 a day for celebrating the founding of the United Nations
subtype: #Halloween__Hallowe'en__Allhallows_Eve the evening before All Saints' Day; often devoted to pranks played by young people
subtype: #saint's_day__saint'sday a day commemorating a saint
subtype: #name_day the feast day of a saint whose name one bears
subtype: #Midsummer_Eve__Midsummer_Night__St_John's_Eve__St_John's_Night__June_23 the night before Midsummer Day
subtype: #school_day any day on which school is in session
subtype: #speech_day (British) an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
subtype: #washday__washing_day__washingday a day set aside for doing household laundry
subtype: #wedding_day__weddingday the day of a wedding
subtype: #anniversary__dayofremembrance the date on which an event occurred in some previous year
subtype: #birthday an anniversary of the day on which a person was born
subtype: #jubilee a special anniversary
subtype: #diamond_jubilee__diamondjubilee an anniversary celebrating the passage of 60 years
subtype: #silver_jubilee an anniversary celebrating the passage of 25 years
subtype: #wedding_anniversary__weddinganniversary the anniversary of the day on which you were married
subtype: #silver_wedding_anniversary the 25th wedding anniversary
subtype: #golden_wedding_anniversary the 50th wedding anniversary
subtype: #diamond_wedding_anniversary__diamondweddinganniversary__diamond_wedding the 60th wedding anniversary
subtype: #centennial__centenary the 100th anniversary
subtype: #bicentennial__bicentenary the 200th anniversary
subtype: #tercentennial__triennial the 300th anniversary
subtype: #quatercentennial__quatercentenary the 400th anniversary
subtype: #quincentennial__quincentenary the 500th anniversary
subtype: #millennium.anniversary the 1000th anniversary
instance: #Judgment_Day__Judgement_Day__Day_of_Judgment__Day_of_Judgement__Doomsday__Last_Judgment__Last_Judgement__Last_Day
subtype: #dead.time a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
subtype: #hard_times a time of difficulty
subtype: #wee (Scottish) a short time; "bide a wee"
subtype: #while__piece__spell a period of indeterminate length (usually short) marked by some action or condition; "he was here for a little while"; "I need to rest for a piece"; "a spell of good weather"
subtype: #moment__minute__second__bit an indefinitely short time; "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"
subtype: #blink_of_an_eye__flash__instant__jiffy__split_second__splitsecond__trice__twinkling__wink__New_York_minute a very short time (as the time it takes to blink once); "if I had the chance I'd do it in a flash"
subtype: #ephemera something transitory; lasting a day
subtype: #space_age__spaceage the age beginning with the first space travel; from 1957 to the present
subtype: #elapsed_time__elapsedtime the time that elapses while some event is occurring
subtype: #one-way_light_time__onewaylighttime__OWLT the elapsed time it takes for light (or radio signals) to travel between the Earth and a celestial object
subtype: #round-trip_light_time__RTLT the elapsed time it takes for a signal to travel from Earth to a spacecraft (or other body) and back to the starting point
subtype: #duration__continuance the period of time during which something continues
subtype: #clocking the time taken to traverse a measured course; "it was a world record clocking"
subtype: #longueur a period of dullness or boredom (especially in a work of literature or performing art)
subtype: #residence_time__residencetime the period of time spent in a particular place
subtype: #span the complete duration of something; "the job was finished in the span of an hour"
subtype: #attention_span__attentionspan the length of time you can concentrate on some idea or activity
subtype: #stretch.duration__stint an unbroken period of time during which you do something; "there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
subtype: #time_scale an arrangement of events used as a measure of duration; "on the geological time scale mankind has existed but for a brief moment"
subtype: #extended_time_scale__slow_time_scale (in simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is greater than one
subtype: #fast_time_scale (in simulation) the time scale used in data processing when the time-scale factor is less than one
subtype: #time_value__value__note_value (music) the relative duration of a musical note
subtype: #rule.duration the duration of a monarch's or government's power; "during the rule of Elizabeth"
instance: #Regency
subtype: #calendar_week__week a period of seven consecutive days starting on Sunday
subtype: #field_day__fieldday a time of unusual pleasure and success
subtype: #lifetime__life__lifespan the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
subtype: #afterlife__hereafter life after death
subtype: #immortality.afterlife perpetual life after death
subtype: #elapsed_period_from_birth__life the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"
subtype: #period_from_birth_to_death__life the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"
subtype: #days__years__year the time during which someone's life continues; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years"
subtype: #millennium a span of 1000 years
subtype: #bimillennium__bimillenary a span of 2000 years
subtype: #past a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret); "reporters dug into the candidate's past"
subtype: #shelf_life__shelflife the length of time a packaged food or drug will last without deteriorating
subtype: #puerperium time period following childbirth when the mother's uterus shrinks and the other functional and anatomic changes of pregnancy are resolved; "a perinatologist cared for her during the puerperium"
subtype: #time_of_life a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
subtype: #period.time_of_life a time of life characterized as a distinct phase; "Picasso's blue period"; "it was the happy period of my life"
subtype: #eld__age a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
subtype: #age_of_consent the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
subtype: #legal_age__legalage__majority the age at which a person is considered competent to manage their own affairs
subtype: #minority_age__nonage__minority any age prior to the legal age
subtype: #drinking_age the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages
subtype: #voting_age the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections
subtype: #neonatal_period the first 28 days of life
subtype: #early_childhood__earlychildhood__infancy the early stage of growth or development
subtype: #childhood the time of person's life when they are a child
subtype: #girlhood__maidenhood__maidhood the childhood of a girl
subtype: #boyhood the childhood of a boy
subtype: #schooldays__schooltime the time of life when you are going to school
subtype: #youth the time of life between childhood and maturity
subtype: #adolescence the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
subtype: #prepuberty a period of two years immediately prior to the onset of puberty when growth and changes leading to sexual maturity occur
subtype: #puberty the time of life when sex glands become functional
subtype: #teens__teen the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
subtype: #mid-twenties__twenties the time of life between 20 and 30
subtype: #mid-thirties__thirties__thirty-something the time of life between 30 and 40
subtype: #mid-forties__midfortie__forties__fortie the time of life between 40 and 50
subtype: #mid-fifties__midfiftie__fifties__fiftie the time of life between 50 and 60
subtype: #mid-sixties__midsixtie__sixties__sixtie the time of life between 60 and 70
subtype: #mid-seventies__seventies__seventie the time of life between 70 and 80
subtype: #mid-eighties__eighties the time of life between 80 and 90
subtype: #mid-nineties__nineties the time of life between 90 and 100
subtype: #bloom_of_youth__bloom the best time of youth
subtype: #maturity__adulthood the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
subtype: #prime_of_life__prime the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest
subtype: #bachelorhood.time_of_life the time of a man's life prior to marriage
subtype: #middle_age the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)
subtype: #widowhood the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
subtype: #old_age__oldage__years__year__age__eld__geezerhood late time of life; "old age is not for sissies," "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
subtype: #dotage__second_childhood__senility mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
subtype: #deathbed the last few hours before death
subtype: #calendar_day__civil_day__civilday a day reckoned from midnight to midnight
subtype: #particular_day__day a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day"
subtype: #day_of_the_week__day any one of the seven days in a week
subtype: #rest_day__day_of_rest a day set aside for rest
subtype: #Sabbath a day of rest and worship: Sunday for most Christians; Saturday for the Jews and a few Christians; Friday for Muslims
subtype: #Sunday__Lord's_Day__Sun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
subtype: #weekday any day except Sunday
subtype: #work_day__workday__working_day__workingday a day on which work is done
subtype: #feria a weekday on which no feast is celebrated
subtype: #Saturday__Sat the seventh and last day of the week; the Jewish Sabbath
subtype: pm#workday
subtype: #Monday__Mon the second day of the week; the first working day
subtype: #Whitmonday__Whitsun_Monday the day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland
subtype: #Tuesday__Tue__Tues the third day of the week; the second working day
subtype: #Whit-Tuesday__Whitsun_Tuesday the day after Whitmonday
subtype: #Wednesday__Wed the fourth day of the week; the third working day
subtype: #Thursday__Th__Thu the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day
subtype: #Friday__Fri the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
subtype: pm#weekend_day
subtype: #Saturday__Sat the seventh and last day of the week; the Jewish Sabbath
subtype: #Sunday__Lord's_Day__Sun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
subtype: #festival a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
subtype: #religious_festival__religiousfestival__church_festival a festival having religious significance
subtype: #octave a feast day and the seven days following it
subtype: #daytime__day the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime"
subtype: #afternoon the part of the day between noon and evening; "he spent a quiet afternoon in the park"
subtype: #midafternoon the middle part of the afternoon
subtype: #eventide__evening__eve the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"
subtype: #guest_night__guestnight (British) an evening when members of a club or college can bring their friends as guests
subtype: #morning_time__morningtime__morn__forenoon the time period between dawn and noon; "I spent the morning running errands"
subtype: #nighttime__dark the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside
subtype: #weeknight any night of the week except Saturday or Sunday
subtype: #wedding_night__weddingnight the night after the wedding when bride and groom sleep together
subtype: #night the time between sunset and midnight; "he watched television every night"
subtype: #night.time_period the period spent sleeping; "I had a restless night"
subtype: #period_of_ignorance__night a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom
subtype: #eve.time_period the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution"
subtype: #evening the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way; "an evening at the opera"
subtype: #week__hebdomad any period of seven consecutive days; "it rained for a week"
subtype: #week_from_Monday (informal) a time period of a week or more; "a week from Monday will be too soon!"
subtype: #rag.week (British) a week at British universities during which side-shows and processions of floats are organized to raise money for charities
subtype: #Holy_Week__Passion_Week the week before Easter
subtype: #shiva__shivah__shibah (Judaism) a period of seven days of mourning after the death of close relative; "the family is sitting shiva"
subtype: #fortnight__two_weeks__twoweek a period of fourteen consecutive days; "most major tennis tournaments last a fortnight"
subtype: #weekend usually Friday night through Sunday
subtype: #point_in_time__point a very short period of time; "at that point I had to leave"
subtype: #distance.point_in_time a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"
subtype: #particular_but_unspecified_date a particular but unspecified point in time; "they hoped to get together at an early date"
subtype: #deadline the point in time at which something must be completed
subtype: #curfew.deadline the time that the curfew signal is sounded
subtype: #arrival_time__arrivaltime__time_of_arrival the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination
subtype: #departure_time__departuretime__time_of_departure the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin
subtype: #checkout_time__checkout the latest time for vacating a hotel room; "the checkout here is 12 noon"
subtype: #midterm middle of an academic term or a political term in office
subtype: #full_term.gestation__fullterm__term the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent; "a healthy baby born at full term"
subtype: #midterm.gestation the middle of the gestation period
subtype: #instant__moment__minute__second a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
subtype: #culmination the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
subtype: #moment_of_truth a crucial moment on which much depends
subtype: #moment_of_truth.instant__momentoftruth the moment in a bullfight when the matador kills the bull
subtype: #pinpoint a very brief moment; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together"
subtype: #time.instant a suitable moment; "it is time to go"
subtype: #high_time the latest possible moment; "it is high time you went to work"
subtype: #occasion.time the time of a particular event; "on the occasion of his 60th birthday"
subtype: #psychological_moment__psychologicalmoment the most appropriate time for achieving a desired effect
subtype: #outset__beginning__commencement__first__start__kickoff__starting_time__offset the time at which something begins; "They got an early start"
subtype: #birth.time the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child" or "his election signaled the birth of a new age"
subtype: #cradle.birth birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
subtype: #incipiency__incipience beginning to exist or to be apparent; "he placed the incipience of democratic faith at around 1850"; "it is designed to arrest monopolies in their incipiency"
subtype: #terminus_a_quo__starting_point earliest limiting point
subtype: #threshold the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"
subtype: #middle.point_in_time time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period: "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April"
subtype: #deep.middle the central and most intense or profound part; "in the deep of night"; "in the deep of winter"
subtype: #end.point_in_time__ending the point in time at which something ends; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period"
subtype: #death.end the end of life; continuing until dead; "he bled to death"; "a struggle to the last"
subtype: #dying__death the time when something ends; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes"
subtype: #grave death of a person; "he went to his grave without forgiving me"; "from cradle to grave"
subtype: #period.end the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"
subtype: #year-end the end of a calendar year; "he had to unload the merchandise before the year-end"
subtype: #stopping_point__finale__finis__fini__finish__last__conclusion__close the temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season"
subtype: #cease (`cease' is a noun only in the phrase `without cease') end
subtype: #fag_end.end__fagend__tail__tail_end the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"
subtype: #expiry__termination__expiration a coming to an end of a contract period; "the expiry of his driver's license"
subtype: #terminus_ad_quem__terminal_point__limit final or latest limiting point
subtype: #phase_angle__phaseangle__phase a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle
subtype: #then that time; that moment; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on"
subtype: #Indian_summer__Saint_Martin's_summer a period of unusually warm weather in the autumn
subtype: #year.time_period the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
subtype: #anomalistic_year__anomalisticyear time of the earth's revolution from perihelion to perihelion again; 365 days and 6 hr and 13 min and 53.1 sec
subtype: #solar_year__solaryear__tropicalyear__astronomical_year__equinoctial_year__equinoctialyear the time for the earth to make one revolution around the sun, measured between two vernal equinoxes
subtype: #lunar_year__lunaryear a period of 12 lunar months
subtype: #sidereal_year the time for the earth to make one complete revolution around the sun, relative to the fixed stars
subtype: #schooltime__school the period of instruction in a school; "stay after school" or "he didn't miss a single day of school"
subtype: #twelvemonth__yr a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"
subtype: #church_year__Christian_year the year in the ecclesiastical calendar; especially feast days and special seasons
subtype: #Holy_Year (Roman Catholic) a period of remission from sin (usually granted every 25 years)
subtype: #New_Year the calendar year just begun
subtype: #common_year__365_days a year that is not a leap year
subtype: #leap_year__intercalary_year__intercalaryyear__366_days__bissextile_year in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400
subtype: #off_year__offyear a year in which no major political elections are held
subtype: #off_year.twelvemonth__offyear a year in which productivity is low or inferior
subtype: #calendar_year__calendaryear__civil_year__civilyear the year (reckoned from January 1 to December 31) according to Gregorian calendar
subtype: #date the particular "day/month/year" (usually according to the Gregorian calendar) that an event occurred; "he tried to memorizes all the dates for his history class"
subtype: #BC__B.C.__before_Christ date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born; "in 200 BC"
subtype: #AD__A.D.__anno_Domini in the year of Our Lord; date used in reckoning dates after the supposed year Christ was born, "in AD 200"
subtype: #date_of_reference__epoch (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred
subtype: #fiscal_year__financial_year__financialyear any accounting period of 12 months
subtype: #year_of_grace any year of the Christian era
subtype: #Y2K the year 2000 in the Gregorian calendar
subtype: #year a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
subtype: #school_year__academic_year the period of time each year when the school is open and people are studying
subtype: #semester half a year; a period of 6 months
subtype: #bimester a period of 2 months
subtype: #Olympiad one of the 4-year intervals between Olympic Games; used to reckon time in ancient Greece for twelve centuries beginning in 776 BC
subtype: #lustrum.time_period a period of five years
subtype: #decade__decennary__decennium a period of 10 years
instance: #1900s__1900 #1530s__1530 #twenties__1920s__1920 #1820s__1820 #thirties__1930s__1930 #1830s__1830 #forties__fortie__1940s__1940 #1840s__1840 #fifties__fiftie__1950s__1950 #1850s__1850 #1750s__1750 #sixties__sixtie__1960s__1960 #1860s__1860 #1760s__1760 #seventies__seventie__1970s__1970 #1870s__1870 #1770s__1770 #1980s__1980__eighties #eighties__1880s__1880 #1780s__1780 #1990s__1990__nineties #nineties__1890s__1890 #1790s__1790
subtype: #century 100 years
subtype: #quattrocento the 15th century in Renaissance Italian art and literature
subtype: #half-century 50 years
subtype: #quarter-century__quartercentury 25 years
subtype: #quarter.time_period a fourth part of a year; three months; "unemployment fell during the last quarter"
subtype: #phase_of_the_moon a time when the moon presents a particular recurring appearance
subtype: #new_moon__newmoon__new_phase_of_the_moon the time at which the moon appears as a narrow waxing crescent
subtype: #half-moon the time at which the moon is at first or last quarter when half its face is illuminated
subtype: #first_quarter the first fourth of the moon's period of revolution around the Earth
subtype: #last_quarter the last fourth of the moon's period of revolution around the Earth
subtype: #full_moon__full-of-the-moon__full_phase_of_the_moon the time when the moon is fully illuminated
subtype: #harvest_moon__harvestmoon the full moon nearest the September equinox
subtype: #day.time_period the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?"
subtype: #lunar_day__lunarday the period of time taken for the moon to make one full rotation on its axis (about 27.3 sidereal days)
subtype: #calendar_month__month one of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month"
subtype: #Revolutionary_calendar_month a month in the French Revolutionary calendar
subtype: #Vendemiaire first month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest
subtype: #Brumaire second month of the Revolutionary calendar (October and November); the month of mist
subtype: #Frimaire third month of the Revolutionary calendar (November and December); the frosty month
subtype: #Nivose fourth month of the Revolutionary calendar (December and January); the snowy month
subtype: #Pluviose fifth month of the Revolutionary calendar (January and February); the rainy month
subtype: #Ventose sixth month of the Revolutionary calendar (February and March); the windy month
subtype: #Germinal seventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (March and April); the month of buds
subtype: #Floreal eighth month of the Revolutionary calendar (April and May); the month of flowers
subtype: #Prairial ninth month of the Revolutionary calendar (May and June); the month of meadows
subtype: #Messidor tenth month of the Revolutionary calendar (June and July); the month of harvest
subtype: #Thermidor eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat
subtype: #Fructidor twelfth month of the Revolutionary calendar (August and September); the month of fruit
subtype: #Gregorian_calendar_month a month in the Gregorian calendar
subtype: #January__Jan the first month of the year; begins 10 days after the winter solstice
subtype: #February__Feb the month following January and preceding March
subtype: #March__Mar the month following February and preceding April
subtype: #April__Apr the month following March and preceding May
subtype: #May the month following April and preceding June
subtype: #June the month following May and preceding July
subtype: #July the month following June and preceding August
subtype: #August__Aug the month following July and preceding September
subtype: #September__Sep__Sept the month following August and preceding October
subtype: #October__Oct the month following September and preceding November
subtype: #November__Nov the month following October and preceding December
subtype: #December__Dec the last (12th) month of the year
subtype: #Jewish_calendar_month a month in the Jewish calendar
subtype: #Tishri the first month of the civil year; the seventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in September and October)
subtype: #Heshvan the second month of the civil year; the eighth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in October and November)
subtype: #Kislev__Chislev the third month of the civil year; the ninth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in November and December)
subtype: #Tebet__Tevet the fourth month of the civil year; the tenth month of the ecclesiastical year (in December and January)
subtype: #Shebat__Shevat the fifth month of the civil year: the eleventh month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in January and February)
subtype: #Adar the sixth month of the civil year; the twelfth month of the ecclesiastic year in the Jewish calendar (in February and March)
subtype: #Veadar__Adar_Sheni included seven times in every 19 years
subtype: #Nisan__Nissan the seventh month of the civil year; the first month of the ecclesiastic year (in March and April)
subtype: #Iyar__Iyyar the eighth month of the civil year; the second month of the ecclesiastical year (in April and May)
subtype: #Sivan__Siwan the ninth month of the civil year; the third month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in May and June)
subtype: #Tammuz__Thammuz the tenth month of the civil year; the fourth month of the ecclesiastic year (in June and July)
subtype: #Ab__Av the eleventh month of the civil year; the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in July and August)
subtype: #Elul__Ellul the twelfth month of the civil year; the sixth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar (in August and September)
subtype: #Islamic_calendar_month any lunar month in the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Muharram the first month of the Islamic calendar
subtype: #Safar__Saphar the second month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Rabi_I the third month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Rabi_II the fourth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Jumada_I the fifth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Jumada_II the sixth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Rajab the seventh month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Sha'ban the eighth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Ramadan the ninth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Shawwal the tenth month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Dhu'l-Qa'dah the eleventh month of the Moslem calendar
subtype: #Dhu'l-Hijja the twelfth month of the Moslem calendar; has one extra day in leap years
subtype: #Hindu_calendar_month any lunisolar month in the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Chait the first Hindu calendar month (corresponding to March or April in the Gregorian calendar)
subtype: #Baisakh the second month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Jeth the third month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Asarh the fourth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Sawan the fifth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Bhadon the sixth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Asin the seventh month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Kartik the eighth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Aghan the ninth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Pus the tenth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Magh the eleventh month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #Phagun the twelfth month of the Hindu calendar
subtype: #mid-January the middle part of January
subtype: #mid-February the middle part of February
subtype: #mid-March the middle part of March
subtype: #mid-April the middle part of April
subtype: #mid-May the middle part of May
subtype: #mid-June the middle part of June
subtype: #mid-July the middle part of July
subtype: #mid-August the middle part of August
subtype: #mid-September the middle part of September
subtype: #mid-October the middle part of October
subtype: #mid-November the middle part of November
subtype: #mid-December the middle part of December
subtype: #time_limit a time period within which something must be done or completed
subtype: #limitation.time_limit (in law) a time period after which suits cannot be brought; "statute of limitations"
subtype: #term.time_period a limited period of time; "a prison term"; "he left school before the end of term"
subtype: #prison_term__sentence__time the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
subtype: #hard_time.prison_term__hardtime a term served in a maximum security prison
subtype: #school_term__schoolterm__academic_term__academic_session__session the time during which a school holds classes; "they had to shorten the school term"
subtype: #summer_school an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study
subtype: #semester.school_term one of two divisions of an academic year
subtype: #trimester.school_term one of three divisions of an academic year
subtype: #quarter.school_term one of four periods into which the school year is divided; "the fall quarter ends at Christmas"
subtype: #tenure__term_of_office__incumbency the term during which some position is held
subtype: #presidency__presidential_term__administration the tenure of a president; "things were quiet during the Eisenhower administration"
subtype: #trimester a period of three months; especially one of the three three-month periods into which human pregnancy is divided
subtype: #first_trimester__firsttrimester time period extending from the first day of the last menstrual period through 12 weeks of gestation
subtype: #second_trimester time period extending from the 13th to the 27th week of gestation
subtype: #third_trimester__thirdtrimester time period extending from the 28th week of gestation until delivery
subtype: #particular_hour__hour a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour"
subtype: #silly_season__sillyseason a time usually late summer characterized by exaggerated news stories about frivolous matters for want of real news
subtype: #Golden_Age (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, prosperity, and innocence; by extension, any flourishing and outstanding period
subtype: #silver_age (classical mythology) the second age of the world, characterized by opulence and irreligion; by extension, a period secondary in achievement to a golden age
subtype: #bronze_age (classical mythology) the third age of the world, marked by war and violence
subtype: #iron_age (classical mythology) the last and worst age of the world
subtype: #Platonic_year__great_year__greatyear time required for one complete cycle of the precession of the equinoxes, about 25,800 years
subtype: #regulation_time (sports) the normal prescribed duration of a game; "the game was finished in regulation time"
subtype: #extra_time__extratime__overtime playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
subtype: #extra_innings__extrainning overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball
subtype: #overtime_period a period of overtime play to resolve a tie; e.g. basketball
subtype: #tiebreaker overtime play in order to break a tie; e.g. tennis and soccer
subtype: #sudden_death (sports) overtime in which play is stopped as soon as one contestant scores; e.g. football and golf
subtype: #time_of_year__season one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions; "the regular sequence of the seasons"
subtype: #harvest_time__harvesttime__harvest the season for gathering crops
subtype: #haying_time__haying the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder
subtype: #autumn__fall the season when the leaves fall from the trees; "in the fall of 1973"
subtype: #springtime__spring the season of growth; "the emerging buds were a sure sign of spring"; "he will hold office until the spring of next year"
subtype: #summer__summertime the warmest season of the year; "they spent a lazy summer at the shore"
subtype: #winter__wintertime the coldest season of the year
subtype: #rainy_season__rainyseason one of the two seasons in tropical climates
subtype: #monsoon.rainy_season season in S Asia when the SW monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains
subtype: #dry_season__dryseason one of the two seasons in tropical climates
subtype: #dog_days__canicule__canicular_days the hot period between early July and early September; a period of inactivity
subtype: #midwinter the middle of winter
subtype: #season.time_period a recurrent time marked by major holidays; "it was the Christmas season"
subtype: #Michaelmastide the season of Michaelmas
subtype: #Lammastide the season of Lammas (Scotland)
subtype: #Eastertide the Easter season
subtype: #Twelfthtide the season of Epiphany
subtype: #Allhallowtide the season of All Saints' Day
subtype: #Christmas__Christmastide__Christmastime__Yule__Yuletide__Noel period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
subtype: #Advent the season including the four Sundays preceding Christmas
subtype: #Shrovetide immediately preceding Lent
subtype: #Lent__Lententide a period of 40 weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday
subtype: #season a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field; "he celebrated his 10th season with the ballet company" or "she always looked forward to the avocado season"
subtype: #growing_season__growingseason the season during which a crop grows best
subtype: #seedtime the time during which seeds should be planted
subtype: #sheepshearing.season the time or season when sheep are sheared
subtype: #holiday_season__holidayseason a time when many people take holidays
subtype: #high_season__peak_season the season when travel is most active and rates are highest; "they traveled to Europe in high season"
subtype: #off-season__offseason the season when travel is least active and rates are lowest
subtype: #preseason a period prior to the beginning of the regular season which is devoted to training and preparation
subtype: #spring_training preseason training during the spring
subtype: #baseball_season the season when baseball is played
subtype: #triple-crown_season a season of baseball during which a player wins the triple crown
subtype: #basketball_season the season when basketball is played
subtype: #exhibition_season the time before the regular games begin when football or baseball teams play practice games
subtype: #fishing_season__fishingseason the season during which it is legal to catch fish
subtype: #football_season the season when football is played
subtype: #hockey_season the season when hockey is played
subtype: #hunting_season__huntingseason the season during which it is legal to kill a particular species
subtype: #social_season the season for major social events
subtype: #theatrical_season the season when new plays are produced
subtype: #Whitsun__Whitsuntide__Whitweek Christian holiday; the week beginning on Whitsunday (especially the first 3 days)
subtype: #long_time__age__years__year a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
subtype: #long a comparatively long time; "this won't take long"; "they haven't been gone long"
subtype: #month_of_Sundays (informal) a time perceived as long; "I hadn't seen him in a month of Sundays"
subtype: #eon.long_time__aeon an immeasurably long period of time
subtype: #blue_moon (informal) a long time; "something that happens once in blue moon almost never happens"
subtype: #long_run__long_haul a period of time sufficient for factors to work themselves out; "in the long run we will win" or "he performed well over the long haul"
subtype: #drought.time_period a prolonged shortage
subtype: #era a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
subtype: #age.era a historic period; "we live in a litigious age"
instance: #Elizabethan_age #Victorian_age
subtype: #Christian_Era__Common_Era the time period beginning with the year of Christ's birth
subtype: #day.era an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day"
subtype: #historic_period an era of history having some distinctive feature
subtype: #antiquity.historic_period the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
subtype: #middle_ages__dark_ages the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
subtype: #industrial_revolution__technological_revolution__technologicalrevolution the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
subtype: #reign.historic_period the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII"
subtype: #turn_of_the_century the period from about 1890 to 1910
subtype: #New_Deal.historic_period__newdeal the historic period (1933-1940) in the U.S. during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
subtype: #Reconstruction the period after the United States Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
subtype: #Restoration.historic_period__restoration the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
instance: #Renaissance #Reign_of_Terror
subtype: #modern_era the present or recent times
subtype: #generation.time_period the normal time between successive generations; "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
subtype: #prehistory the time during human development before the appearance of the written word
subtype: #reign a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism"
subtype: #reign_of_terror any period of brutal suppression resembling the French Reign of Terror
subtype: #early_days__youth an early period of development; "during the youth of the project"
subtype: #dawn.time_period an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire"
subtype: #evening.time_period a later concluding time period; "it was the evening of the Roman Empire"
subtype: #sufficient_time_period__time a period of time considered as a resource under your control and sufficient to accomplish something; "take time to smell the roses"; "I didn't have time to finish"; "it took more than half my time"
subtype: #sleep.time_period__nap a period of time spent sleeping; "he felt better after a little sleep"; "a brief nap"
subtype: #beauty_sleep sleep before midnight
subtype: #kip.sleep (British) sleep; "roused him from his kip"
subtype: #term_of_a_contract__lease the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect
subtype: #half_life__half-life the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
subtype: #lunar_time_period__tide there are usually two high and two low tides each day
subtype: #phase.time_period__stage any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"
subtype: #diakinesis the final stage of the prophase of meiosis
subtype: #diplotene the fourth stage of the prophase of meiosis
subtype: #leptotene the first stage of the prophase of meiosis
subtype: #pachytene the third stage of the prophase of meiosis
subtype: #phase_of_cell_division a stage in meiosis or mitosis
subtype: #anaphase the stage of meiosis or mitosis when chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
subtype: #metaphase the second stage of mitosis
subtype: #metaphase.phase_of_cell_division the second stage of meiosis
subtype: #prophase the first stage of mitosis
subtype: #prophase.phase_of_cell_division the first stage of meiosis
subtype: #telophase the final stage of mitosis
subtype: #telophase.phase_of_cell_division the final stage of meiosis when the chromosomes move toward opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
subtype: #zygotene the second stage of the prophase of meiosis
subtype: #anal_stage__anal_phase (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
subtype: #genital_stage__genitalstage__genital_phase (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
subtype: #latency_stage__latencystage__latency_phase__latencyphase__latency_period__latencyperiod (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities
subtype: #oral_stage__oral_phase (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting
subtype: #phallic_stage__phallicstage__phallic_phase__phallicphase (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure
subtype: #chapter.phase any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"
subtype: #fertile_period__fertileperiod__fertilephase the time in the menstrual cycle when fertilization is most likely to be possible (7 days before to 7 days after ovulation)
subtype: #menstrual_phase__menstrualphase the phase of the menstrual cycle during which the lining of the uterus is shed (the first day of menstrual flow is considered day 1 of the menstrual cycle)
subtype: #secretory_phase__secretoryphase__luteal_phase the second half of the menstrual cycle after ovulation; the corpus luteum secretes progesterone which prepares the endometrium for the implantation of an embryo; if fertilization does not occur then menstrual flow begins
subtype: #apogee.phase__culmination a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
subtype: #seedtime.phase any time of new development
subtype: #safe_period that time during a woman's menstrual cycle during which conception is least likely to occur (usually immediately before of after menstruation)
subtype: #multistage occurring in more than one stage
subtype: #watch.time_period the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty
subtype: #peacetime a period of time during which there is no war
subtype: #wartime a period of time during which there is armed conflict
subtype: #term_of_enlistment__enlistment__hitch__tour_of_duty__duty_tour__tour a period of time spent in military service
subtype: #honeymoon.time_period the early usually calm and harmonious period of a relationship; business or political
subtype: #indiction a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms
subtype: #the_Great_Depression__Depression__the_Depression a time period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
subtype: #prohibition_era__prohibitionera__prohibition the period from 1920 to 1933 when the sale of alcoholic beverages was prohibited in the United States by a constitutional amendment
subtype: #incubation_period the period between infection and the appearance of symptoms of the disease
subtype: #rainy_day__rainyday a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"
subtype: #noviciate__novitiate the period during which you are a novice (especially in a religious order)
subtype: #heyday__flower__prime__peak__bloom__blossom__efflorescence__flush the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
subtype: #running_time__runningtime the length of time that a movie or tv show runs
subtype: #historical_period__period__historic_period a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period"
subtype: #clotting_time the time it takes for a sample of blood to clot; used to diagnose some clotting disorders
subtype: #real_time (computer science) the time it takes for a process under computer control to occur
subtype: #study_hall.time_period__studyhall a period of time during the school day that is set aside for study
subtype: #usance (commerce) the period of time permitted by commercial usage for the payment of a bill of exchange (especially a foreign bill of exchange)
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