The meaning of Peak

noun

The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed.

Usage examples:

Physics is the acme of scientific knowledge

noun

The highest point of achievement

Usage examples:

Chaplin’s "city lights" marked the acme of his filmmaking career.

noun

The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.

Usage examples:

The apex of the roof

verb

Reach a high point or climax.

Usage examples:

Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo

noun

A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure.

Usage examples:

Apex fares

noun

The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination.

Usage examples:

A film which was the apogee of german expressionist cinema

noun

The most successful, popular, or powerful point

Usage examples:

At their apogee, the novels of spillane claimed worldwide sales of over $180 million.

noun

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

Usage examples:

The ascendancy of good over evil

adjective

Of the most excellent or desirable type or quality.

Usage examples:

The best midfielder in the country

adverb

To the highest degree; most (used with verbs suggesting a desirable action or state or a successful outcome).

Usage examples:

They named the pictures they liked best

noun

That which is the most excellent, outstanding, or desirable.

Usage examples:

Buy the best you can afford

noun

A person's forehead.

Usage examples:

He wiped his brow

noun

A gangway from a ship to the shore.

Usage examples:

It was one of the largest crowds seen at any recent ship's departure and two brows were needed to g…

noun

A kind of soft, flat hat, typically with a peak.

Usage examples:

A man wearing a raincoat and a flat cap

verb

Short for percussion cap.

noun

Short for capitalization.

Usage examples:

Mid-cap companies

noun

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination.

Usage examples:

She was nearing the climax of her speech

verb

Culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax.

Usage examples:

The day climaxed with a gala concert

noun

The most important or exciting part in the development of a story or situation, which usually happens near the end

Usage examples:

The novel built to a shattering climax, leaving me breathless., a late season hurricane on october …

noun

The action of making a marriage or relationship complete by having sexual intercourse.

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The eager consummation that follows a long and passionate seduction

noun

A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

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A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

noun

The top or highest part of something such as a wave or a hill

Usage examples:

We climbed to the crest of the hill., the flood waters crested thursday (= reached their highest le…

noun

A circular ornamental headdress worn by a monarch as a symbol of authority, usually made of or decorated with precious metals and jewels.

Usage examples:

Room after room of the armoury reveals incredible riches, including the imperial crown, mace and sc…

verb

Ceremonially place a crown on the head of (someone) in order to invest them as a monarch.

Usage examples:

He went to rome to be crowned

noun

A circular decoration for the head, usually made of gold and jewels, worn by a king or queen at official ceremonies

Usage examples:

They won six nba crowns in seven years., her hair stuck straight up from her crown., a gold crown, …

verb

Reach a climax or point of highest development.

Usage examples:

Weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate

verb

To have as a result or be the final result of a process

Usage examples:

[ i ] secret negotiations culminated in the historic peace accord., [ t ] the discovery culminated …

noun

The highest or climactic point of something, especially as attained after a long time.

Usage examples:

The deal marked the culmination of years of negotiation

noun

The point at which an event or series of events ends, having developed until it reaches this point

Usage examples:

Winning first prize was the culmination of years of practice and hard work., the book was a fitting…

noun

A person or thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type.

Usage examples:

She looked the epitome of elegance and good taste

noun

The typical or highest example of a stated quality, as shown by a particular person or thing

Usage examples:

He was the epitome of the fashionable gentleman., his recordings came to epitomize american popular…

adjective

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.

Usage examples:

Extreme cold

noun

Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.

Usage examples:

We represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the old guard, i one of the radi…

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

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The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Very well; excellently.

Usage examples:

We played awful, they played great

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

plural noun

High places, or the tops of hills

Usage examples:

Don’t go up there if you’re afraid of heights., fig. stock prices reached new heights yesterday.

noun

The period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, activity, or vigour.

Usage examples:

The paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964

noun

A period of great success, popularity, or power

Usage examples:

In its heyday, pittsburgh was a center of the steel and coal industries.

adjective

Of great vertical extent.

Usage examples:

The top of a high mountain

adverb

At or to a considerable or specified height.

Usage examples:

The sculpture stood about five feet high

noun

A high point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

Commodity prices were at a rare high

noun

An outstanding part of an event or period of time.

Usage examples:

He views that season as the highlight of his career

verb

Draw special attention to.

Usage examples:

The issues highlighted by the report

noun

The best, most important, or most interesting part

Usage examples:

The highlight of our trip to new york was going to the top of the empire state building., the repor…

adjective

Of or constituting a maximum; as great or as large as possible.

Usage examples:

The maximal speed

adjective

Largest or greatest

Usage examples:

40 degrees centigrade is the maximal temperature at which this chemical reaction will occur.

adjective

As great, high, or intense as possible or permitted.

Usage examples:

The vehicle's maximum speed

noun

The greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded.

Usage examples:

The school takes a maximum of 32 pupils

adverb

At the most.

Usage examples:

The table has a length of 4 feet maximum

noun

A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.

Usage examples:

The european broadcasting area extends from the atlantic to the meridian 40°e

adjective

Relating to or situated at a meridian.

Usage examples:

The meridian moon

noun

An imaginary line that passes from the north pole to the south pole through any place on the surface of the earth, used to show the position of places on a map

noun

The area at the top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

A snow-covered mountaintop

noun

The top of a mountain

adjective

Most conducive to a favourable outcome; best.

Usage examples:

The optimum childbearing age

noun

The most favourable situation or level for growth, reproduction, or success.

Usage examples:

The plant grows within a range of 68 and 78°f, the optimum being 74°

adjective

Being the best or most likely to bring success or advantage

Usage examples:

For optimum flavor, prepare just before serving.

noun

The most successful point; the culmination.

Usage examples:

He had reached the pinnacle of his career

verb

Form the culminating point or example of.

Usage examples:

Anybody who knows jake's career knows that he pinnacled the liberal-media ladder a decade ago and t…

noun

The most successful point

Usage examples:

The olympics represent the pinnacle of athletic achievement., the volcanic range is extremely rugge…

adjective

Of first importance; main.

Usage examples:

A nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient

noun

The state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life.

Usage examples:

You're in the prime of life

verb

Make (something) ready for use or action.

Usage examples:

He grabbed a gun from a nearby wall and primed it

noun

A tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower.

Usage examples:

He enjoyed a reputation for building tall elegant masonry structures such as church towers and spir…

noun

The upper tapering part of the spiral shell of a gastropod mollusc, comprising all but the whorl containing the body.

Usage examples:

However, the upper spire whorls of p. calafia are shorter than the corresponding ones on p. acumina…

noun

A tall, narrow structure that rises to a point, esp. on a church

Usage examples:

The mountains’ rocky spires surrounded us.

noun

The highest point of a hill or mountain.

Usage examples:

She climbed back up the path towards the summit

verb

Reach the summit of (a mountain or hill).

Usage examples:

In 2013, 658 climbers summited everest

noun

The top or highest point, esp. of a mountain

Usage examples:

We climbed to the summit of mount rainier., the economic summit did not accomplish all that the pre…

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip

noun

The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective

Highest in position, rank, or degree.

Usage examples:

The top button of his shirt

verb

Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.

Usage examples:

Losses are expected to top £100 m this year

adjective

Being or happening at the end of a process; final.

Usage examples:

Their ultimate aim was to force his resignation

noun

The best achievable or imaginable of its kind.

Usage examples:

The ultimate in decorative luxury

adjective

Most important, highest, last, or final

Usage examples:

Your ultimate goal is to play the game as well as you can., some people believe that he is the ulti…

adjective

Most extreme; greatest.

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A matter of the utmost importance

noun

The greatest or most extreme extent or amount.

Usage examples:

A plot that stretches credulity to the utmost

adjective

Greatest or most or farthest

Usage examples:

Speed was of the utmost importance., he’s doing his utmost to disrupt the proceedings.

adjective

Furthest, greatest, or most extreme; utmost.

Usage examples:

The uttermost parts of the earth

noun

The greatest or most extreme extent or amount.

Usage examples:

We will defend ourselves to the uttermost

adjective

Greatest or most or farthest

Usage examples:

Speed was of the utmost importance., he’s doing his utmost to disrupt the proceedings.

noun

The highest point; the top or apex.

Usage examples:

But what vertices of anxiety lie behind the gentle opposition of town and country, youth and age wh…

noun

The point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

noun

(in mathematics) the point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

Usage examples:

The vertex of a triangle/cone/pyramid

noun

The time at which something is most powerful or successful.

Usage examples:

In 1977, punk was at its zenith

noun

The best, highest, or most successful point or time

Usage examples:

Their popularity reached its zenith in the mid-1990s.