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• traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
• she's at the peak of her career.
• the peaks and troughs of married life
• membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2006.

peak

1. the point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc.
• synonym height
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• Traffic reaches its peak between 8 and 9 in the morning.
• She's at the peak of her career.
• the peaks and troughs of married life
• Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2006.
2. 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.
3. any narrow and pointed shape, edge, etc.
• Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks.
• He combed his hair into a peak.
4. the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes

Extra Examples

• Economic life moves in cycles of peaks and troughs.
• Her performance is just past its peak.
• Production is rising back towards its 1999 peak.
• She is at the peak of her popularity.
• The crisis was now at its peak.
• The engine is tuned to peak efficiency.
• The graph shows two very sharp price peaks.
• The influx of tourists has reached its summer peak.
• The party’s numbers reached a peak of 40 000 in 2001.
• The share index rose to a new all-time peak of 2112.
• We looked up at the rocky peaks towering above us.
• You want your hair to look in peak condition.
• at times of peak demand
• climbers on the distant mountain peaks
• peak-rate phone calls
• Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2005.
• a mountain peak
• snow-capped/jagged peaks

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’.