0 present participle of peak
1 to reach the highest, strongest, or best point, value, or level of skill:
Official figures show that unemployment peaked in November.
As men grew older, their political power as arbitrators of community and clan disputes increased as well, peaking when they were elders\senior elders.
But the 1980s witness a steady rebound towards a more liberal public, peaking at or near 1990.
It then extends through the entire vowel, peaking at the end of the vowel.
Figures for the whole adult age range show owneroccupation rates peaking at 80 per cent in the age group 45-49.
When an apparent regional dry period peaking around a. d. 900 coupled with the effects of local deforestation, the south's equilibrium was upset.
The sharp rise after 1870, peaking in the late 1880s, is very obvious.
After peaking at $2.00/pound in late 1997, the international price fell to $1.00 in 1999 and then halved again during the next two years.
But after 1986, the income of nonparticipant entrepreneurs steadily increases, peaking after 1992.
