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(verb) to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity: "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929." |
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Synonyms: reach a peak |
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Related Words: arrive at, attain, crest, gain, hit, make, reach |
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(adjective) of a period of maximal use or demand or activity; "at peak hours the streets traffic is unbelievable" |
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Antonyms: off-peak |
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(noun) the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" |
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Synonyms: crest, crown, summit, tip, top |
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Related Words: brow, hilltop, mountain peak, pinnacle, place, spot, topographic point |
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(satellite adjective) approaching or constituting a maximum; "maximal temperature"; "maximum speed"; "working at peak efficiency" |
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Synonyms: highest |
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(noun) a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes; "he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead" |
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Synonyms: bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor |
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Related Words: brim |
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(noun) the highest point of something |
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Synonyms: acme, apex, vertex |
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Related Words: crown, extreme, extreme point, extremum |
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(noun) the most extreme possible amount or value; "voltage peak" |
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Synonyms: extremum |
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Related Words: limit, limitation, lower limit, maximum, minimum, upper limit |
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(noun) the uppermost part of a shape; "at the peak of the pyramid" |
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Synonyms: crown, summit |
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Related Words: upper bound |
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(satellite adjective) consisting of or causing a climax; "a peak experience" |
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Synonyms: climactic, climactical |
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(noun) a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
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Synonyms: point, tip |
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Related Words: convex shape, convexity, cusp, fovea, fovea centralis, head, widow's peak |
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(noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity |
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Synonyms: bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flower, flush, heyday, prime |
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Related Words: amount of time, period, period of time, time period |
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(noun) the highest level or degree attainable: "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" |
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Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top |
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Related Words: degree, level, point, stage |
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