peak
verb/piːk/
/piːk/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they peak | /piːk/ /piːk/ |
| he / she / it peaks | /piːks/ /piːks/ |
| past simple peaked | /piːkt/ /piːkt/ |
| past participle peaked | /piːkt/ /piːkt/ |
| -ing form peaking | /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ |
- to reach the highest point or value
- Oil production peaked in the early 1980s.
- Unemployment peaked at 17 per cent.
- an athlete who peaks (= produces his or her best performance) at just the right time
Homophones peak | peek | piquepeak peek piqueTopics Moneyc1/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.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.Definitions on the go
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