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.
The noun PERIOD has 8 senses: 1. an amount of time. 2. one of three periods of play in hockey games. 3. a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time. 4. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon. 5. the monthly discharge of blood from the uterus of nonpregnant women from puberty to menopause.