peak

/pi:k/
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peak

The hiker reached the mountain peak just as the sun began to rise.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • The pointed top of a mountain or hill: The highest point of a mountain or hill.
    • The highest level, point, or degree of something: The point of greatest achievement, intensity, or activity.
    • A projecting front part of a cap or hat: The stiff brim at the front of a cap, designed to shade the eyes.
    • A sharp point: A V-shaped or pointed end.

  2. Verb:

    • To reach the highest point or maximum level: To attain a peak or the highest degree of intensity, value, or activity.
Examples of Usage

  • Noun:

    • The climbers finally reached the mountain's peak. (The climbers finally reached the highest point of the mountain.)
    • Demand for electricity is at its peak during the summer. (Demand for electricity is at its highest level during the summer.)
    • He adjusted the peak of his baseball cap. (He adjusted the stiff brim at the front of his baseball cap.)
    • The graph shows a sharp peak in sales. (The graph shows a sharp, pointed maximum in sales.)

  • Verb:

    • Her career peaked in the late 1990s. (Her career reached its highest point of success in the late 1990s.)
    • Interest in the product peaked last month. (Interest in the product reached its maximum level last month.)
Advanced Usage
  • "To be at its peak": To be at the highest or best point.
    • The athlete's performance was at its peak during the championship.
  • "To peak early": To reach one's highest point of achievement or development sooner than usual or expected.
    • Some child stars peak early and struggle later in their careers.
Variants and Related Words
  • Peaked (adjective): Having a peak; pointed. Also, pale and sickly in appearance (archaic).
    • A peaked roof.
  • Peaky (adjective): Pale and sickly-looking.
    • He looked a bit peaky after his illness.
Synonyms
  • Noun: Summit, pinnacle, apex, zenith, climax, height, maximum.
  • Verb: Climax, culminate, top.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Peak out: To reach a peak and then stop increasing; to level off.
    • Sales peaked out in the third quarter.
Related Idioms
  • "The peak of perfection": The highest possible standard.
    • The chef's dish was the peak of perfection.
  • "Over the peak": Past the most difficult or intense part.
    • We are over the peak of the crisis now.
peak

The hiker reached the mountain peak just as the sun began to rise.

Noun
  1. a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes
    • he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead
  2. the highest point (of something)
    • at the peak of the pyramid
  3. a V shape
    • the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
  4. the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    • the view from the peak was magnificent
    • they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
    • the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
  5. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
    • his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
    • the artist's gifts are at their acme
    • at the height of her career
    • the peak of perfection
    • summer was at its peak
    • ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
    • the summit of his ambition
    • so many highest superlatives achieved by man
    • at the top of his profession
  6. the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
  7. the most extreme possible amount or value
    • voltage peak
Verb
  1. to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity
    • That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
    • Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million

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