at its peak
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3.3
- idiom
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- The sun was caught in the leaves of the trees, and rush hour was at its peak.
When that is at its peak, that is when you are most contagious.
- When that is at its peak, that is when you are most contagious.
- But generally little bit of stress can help your performance be at its peak.
- No, that that's just where learning is at its peak.
- I mean, I think that that there's that narrow window of time where brain plasticity is at its peak.
- How would you describe when it was at its peak or the promises that the girl boss meme was supposed to deliver on?
- Because yellow light would trigger our red cone about right here at its peak, and our green cone somewhere in the middle of its peak luminosity.
- It's politically highly charged, it's billions of dollars, it's science at its peak of how do we deal with this?
Examples
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At its peak year of production in 1943, Southeastern employed 15,000 workers, 3,500 of whom were women.
Academic text (2009) -
The concert was at its peak, with thousands of fans cheering and singing along.
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Love likes in both people and in nature what is either at its peak or on its way to its peak.
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The storm will be at its peak.
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Even now, interest in the marketplace is at its peak.
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A vanguard organization was, by definition, a small one, with about 500 members at its peak.
Academic text (2001) -
The best time of year to see this event is mid-month as the population is at its peak.
Academic text (2009) -
At its peak, it held 2,500 and they never had enough staff.
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At its peak, Blackwood Falls had a population of over 200 residents by 1893.
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At its peak, prescribing for smoking cessation was costing the NHS 65.9 million.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
38
3.7
The most intense point in a process, event, or story
30
3.3
The most exciting or important part of an experience
23
3.5
At the peak of activity when many people are active and working
12
4.9
The highest level of achievement in a career or field
11
3.7
The top level that something reaches
7
6.2
The highest point of success or power
4
4.2
The highest point something reaches, like water level or success
2
8.9
The highest point in the development of something
At the highest point of success or popularity for someone
Antonyms
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'at the highest point or level' is directly derivable from combining 'at' (location), 'its' (possessive determiner) and 'peak' (highest point). This preposition + possessive + peak pattern is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common compositional construction, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will understand the phrase.
Etymology
At its peak comes from the simple picture of something reaching the top of a mountain or hill. When something is on the top it is at its strongest or highest, so at its peak means 'at the highest point' or 'at the greatest strength'.