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  • 41peak — 1. noun 1) the peaks of the mountains Syn: summit, top, crest, pinnacle, apex, crown, cap 2) the highest peak Syn: mountain, hill, height, mount, alp …

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  • 42peak — /pi:k/ noun the highest point ● The shares reached their peak in January. ● The share index has fallen 10% since the peak in January. ● Withdrawals from bank accounts reached a peak in the week before Christmas. ● He has reached the peak of his… …

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  • 43peak — /pi:k/ noun the highest point ● The shares reached their peak in January. ● The share index has fallen 10% since the peak in January. ● Withdrawals from bank accounts reached a peak in the week before Christmas. ● He has reached the peak of his… …

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  • 44peak — [16] Peak seems to come ultimately from the noun pick ‘pointed implement’ (as in toothpick). From this in the 15th century was formed an adjective picked ‘pointed’, which survived dialectally into the 19th century (S H A Hervey noted in the… …

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  • 45peak — peak1 noun 1》 the pointed top of a mountain.     ↘a mountain with a peak. 2》 the point of highest activity or achievement.     ↘a point in a curve or on a graph, or a value of a physical quantity, which is higher than those around it. 3》 Brit. a… …

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  • 46peak — 1. noun 1) the peaks of the mountains Syn: summit, top, crest, pinnacle, cap 2) the highest peak Syn: mountain, hill, height 3) the peak of his career …

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  • 47peak — [16] Peak seems to come ultimately from the noun pick ‘pointed implement’ (as in toothpick). From this in the 15th century was formed an adjective picked ‘pointed’, which survived dialectally into the 19th century (S H A Hervey noted in the… …

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  • 48Peak 29 — f1 Ngadi Chuli Höhe 7.871 m Lage Nepal Gebirge Ghurka Himal, Himalaya Geographische Lage …

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  • 49Peak 58 — f1 Haramosh Höhe 7.390 m Lage Pakistan Gebirge Karakorum Geographische Lage …

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  • 50peak — 1. noun /piːk/ a) A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap. The stock market reached a peak in September 1929. b) The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. Syn: apex …

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