noun / verb · neutral
peak
/piːk/PEAK
task1
the highest point or level reached
Examples
“Car sales peaked in 2010 before falling the next year.”
“Tourist numbers reached a peak of 2 million in August.”
“After a steady rise the graph peaks in June.”
Band 8 sentence
“The number of smartphone users peaked in 2019, reaching approximately 1.2 billion before stabilising.”
Collocations
- reach a peak / peak at
- peak in (a year/month)
Word family
peak nounpeak verbpeaked adjective
Common mistakes
peek→peak
reach peak→reach a peak
peak at 200 then decreased→peaked at 200 then decreased
Say it for a higher band
5high→6reach a high→7+peak
Synonyms
high (n)
top (n)
Easily confused
peek
“She took a quick peek through the curtain.”
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