Definition of reinstate for English Language Learners : to put (someone) back in a job or position that had been taken away : to begin using or dealing with (a law, policy, system, etc.) again
Detailed Synonyms for period of time in English. period of time: period of time [the ~] noun. the period of time the term; the period of time; the period; the space of time; the time; the space term [the ~] noun.
Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: one of the great divisions of geological time; as, the Tertiary period; the Glacial period. to come to a period; to conclude. Origin: [L. periodus, Gr. peri`odos a going round, a way round, a circumference, a period of time; peri` round, about + odo`s a way: cf.