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.
1. a period of time marked by distinctive character, events, etc. 2. the period of time to which anything belongs or is to be assigned. 3. a system of chronologic notation reckoned from a given date. 4. a point of time from which succeeding years are numbered, as at the beginning of a system of chronology.