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English to English noun
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the most extreme possible amount or value |  | Example: voltage peak
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the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | | source: wordnet30
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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | | Example: the view from the peak was magnificent
they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
source: wordnet30
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a V shape | | Example: the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points
source: wordnet30
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the highest point (of something) | | Example: at the peak of the pyramid
source: wordnet30
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a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | | Example: he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead
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A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. | | source: webster1913 verb
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to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity | | Example: That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929
Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million
source: wordnet30
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To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak. | | source: webster1913
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To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular. | | source: webster1913
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