verb / noun · academic
peak
/piːk/PEAK
task1
to reach the highest point / the highest point
Examples
“Tourist numbers peaked in August before falling in September.”
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Band 8 sentence
“The number of daily commuters peaked in July at roughly 120,000 before decreasing steadily.”
Collocations
- reach its peak
- peak at
- peak in August
Word family
peak noun / verbpeaked verb (past) / adjpeak (n.) noun
Common mistakes
peaked up→peaked
reach to a peak→reach a peak / peak at
Say it for a higher band
5reach the highest point→6hit a peak→7+peak
Synonyms
reach a high
top out
Easily confused
top out
“After steady growth the company finally topped out last quarter.”
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