word-vault/dist/data/cards/pe/peak.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "peak",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/mo/mountains.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the point when somebody/something is best, most successful, strongest, etc.",
            "sensetop": "at the peak of something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Traffic **reaches its peak** between 8 and 9 in the morning."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **peaks and troughs** of married life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's at the peak of her career.",
                    "contextForm": "at the peak of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Membership of the club has fallen from a peak of 600 people in 2022."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her performance is just past its peak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Production is rising back towards its 2019 peak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crisis was now at its peak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The graph shows two very sharp price peaks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The influx of tourists has reached its summer peak."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "height",
            "topics": ["Success", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["all-time", "seasonal", "summer"],
                "verb + peak": ["rise to", "rise towards/​toward", "hit"],
                "peak + noun": ["hours", "period", "season"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the/​your peak", "peak of"],
                "phrases": ["in peak condition", "peaks and troughs"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the pointed top of a mountain; a mountain with a pointed top",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a **mountain peak**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**snow-capped/jagged peaks**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The climbers made camp halfway up the peak."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We looked up at the rocky peaks towering above us."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Geography"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["high", "lofty", "towering"],
                "verb + peak": ["climb", "conquer", "scale"],
                "peak + verb": ["loom", "rise", "tower"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the peak"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "any narrow and pointed shape, edge, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Whisk the egg whites into stiff peaks."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He combed his hair into a peak."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the stiff front part of a cap that sticks out above your eyes",
            "labels": "(British English)North American English",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Clothes and Fashion"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/piːk/",
                "audio": "pe/peak/peak__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/piːk/",
                "audio": "pe/peak/peak__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: probably a back-formation from peaked, variant of dialect picked ‘pointed’."
}