peak

CEFRB2

/piːk/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The highest point of a mountain, amount, or activity.

  2. 02

    verb

    To reach the highest level or point.

Examples

  • Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.

  • The excitement reached its peak.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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Parts of speech
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

  2. The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.

  3. A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.

More examples

In context

  • The peak rises above the clouds.

  • The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

  • They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”). Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.