English > playing period: 1 sense > noun 1, time| Meaning | (in games or plays or other performances) the time during which play proceeds. |
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| Synonyms | period of play, play |
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| Category | game | A contest with rules to determine a winner |
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| Part of | athletic game | A game / game involving athletic activity |
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| Parts | chukker, chukka | (polo) one of six divisions into which a polo match is divided |
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| final period | The final division into which the play of a game is divided |
| first period | The first division into which the play of a game is divided |
| half | One of two divisions into which some games / games or performances are divided |
| inning, frame | (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat |
| over | (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch |
| period | (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games |
| quarter | (football, professional basketball) one of four divisions into which some games / games are divided |
| second period | The second division into which the play of a game is divided |
| turn, bout, round | (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive |
| Narrower | hole, golf hole | One playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course |
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| set | A unit of play in tennis or squash |
| Broader | measure, quantity, amount | How much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify |
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