peak
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2.1
- noun
- /pik/
:
pico
- That disease reached its peak just as World War One was ending.
- reach a peak
- peak season
- mountain peak
So when people ask, are we at peak smartphone right now?
- So when people ask, are we at peak smartphone right now?
- So that was their peak for smartphone stuff.
- This is the the peak of the summer in Iraq.
- And when the unions were really at their peak, that was happening.
- My ankles and toes fell off onto the peaks of impassable mountains.
- I I mean, it was it the peak of our career?
- This never got to the same height or peak, but it was sustained.
- Well, there was like in college, that was like the peak of my thing.
- They will, they'll, they'll have that peak and some of them will develop.
Examples
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At its peak, Blackwood Falls had a population of over 200 residents by 1893.
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Summer 1967 in San Francisco, the Summer of Love, the peak of hippie culture.
Academic text (2017) -
And they argue that the peak was reduced in half.
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I wanna plant the American flag on the highest peak in China.
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The rate began falling four years ago after hitting a peak of 14.7 percent.
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A rooster sits on the peak of a roof.
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Acorns, hazelnuts, and other fat-rich treats are at their peak in the northern forest then.
Academic text (2011) -
By early 2011, the ISAF had reached a peak strength of 150,000 troops, two-thirds of them Americans.
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There's the Hindu Kush, a frozen sea of peaks and glaciers.
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The climbers finally reached the peak of the mountain after days of hard work.
Synonyms
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1.0
The upper part or surface of an object
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1.2
The pointed end of something like a knife or pencil
160
2.3
The time when something is at its strongest or most successful
91
4.3
The highest possible amount or level
89
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
54
5.0
The time in life when a person is most active and successful
47
4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
46
2.5
The highest point of a mountain
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3.7
The most intense point in a process, event, or story
34
3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
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5.8
The highest point of success or achievement
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5.8
A time when someone or something is most successful
30
3.3
The most exciting or important part of an experience
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1.5
The top of a hill where you can see around
20
4.4
The top point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
11
3.7
The top level that something reaches
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6.2
The highest point of success or power
4
9.9
The highest or best example of something that makes someone seem like a god
4
1.8
The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part
4
5.5
A high point on a graph where the curve stops rising and starts falling
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4.2
The highest point something reaches, like water level or success
3
8.0
The highest point of achievement or success
2
8.9
The highest point in the development of something
2
4.2
The highest point of someone's career or success
1
4.2
The top part of a long narrow hill or mountain
1
7.2
The highest point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
At the highest point of success or popularity for someone
The highest point where two sloping sides of a roof meet
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A former name for Ismail Samani Peak, the highest mountain in the Pamirs in northeastern Tajikistan
A cone-shaped mountain in central Sri Lanka that people visit as a holy place with a sacred footprint
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Peak comes from an old word for a 'point' or 'spike', like a pike. So a peak is the pointed top of a mountain or the highest point something reaches.