- [usually singular] the point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc. synonym height
- Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
- the peaks and troughs of married life
- at the peak of something She's at the peak of her career.
- Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2022.
Extra ExamplesTopics Successc1, Moneyc1- Her performance is just past its peak.
- Production is rising back towards its 2019 peak.
- The crisis was now at its peak.
- The graph shows two very sharp price peaks.
- The influx of tourists has reached its summer peak.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- all-time
- seasonal
- summer
- …
- rise to
- rise towards/toward
- hit
- …
- hours
- period
- season
- …
- at a/the/your peak
- peak of
- in peak condition
- peaks and troughs
- the pointed top of a mountain; a mountain with a pointed top
- a mountain peak
- snow-capped/jagged peaks
- The climbers made camp halfway up the peak.
- We looked up at the rocky peaks towering above us.
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek piqueTopics Geographyc1/piːk//piːk/- peak noun
- Mount McKinley is the highest peak in North America.
- peak verb
- Inflation is expected to peak in December.
- peek verb
- I have to peek out from behind a cushion when watching horror films.
- peek noun
- She sneaked a peek at her watch.
- pique noun
- He smashed his racket in a fit of pique.
- pique verb
- He knew the cutting remark would pique his friend's vanity.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- lofty
- towering
- …
- climb
- conquer
- scale
- …
- loom
- rise
- tower
- …
- on a/the peak
- any narrow and pointed shape, edge, etc.
- Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
- He combed his hair into a peak.
- (British English) (North American English bill, visor)the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyesTopics Clothes and Fashionc2
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.
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