Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to peak
Participle: peaked
Gerund: peaking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | peak |
| you | peak |
| he;she;it | peaks |
| we | peak |
| you | peak |
| they | peak |
Perfect
| I | have peaked |
| you | have peaked |
| he;she;it | has peaked |
| we | have peaked |
| you | have peaked |
| they | have peaked |
Past
| I | peaked |
| you | peaked |
| he;she;it | peaked |
| we | peaked |
| you | peaked |
| they | peaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had peaked |
| you | had peaked |
| he;she;it | had peaked |
| we | had peaked |
| you | had peaked |
| they | had peaked |
Future
| I | will peak |
| you | will peak |
| he;she;it | will peak |
| we | will peak |
| you | will peak |
| they | will peak |
Future Perfect
| I | will have peaked |
| you | will have peaked |
| he;she;it | will have peaked |
| we | will have peaked |
| you | will have peaked |
| they | will have peaked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | peak |
| you | peak |
| he;she;it | peak |
| we | peak |
| you | peak |
| they | peak |
Perfect
| I | have peaked |
| you | have peaked |
| he;she;it | have peaked |
| we | have peaked |
| you | have peaked |
| they | have peaked |
Imperfect
| I | peaked |
| you | peaked |
| he;she;it | peaked |
| we | peaked |
| you | peaked |
| they | peaked |
Pluperfect
| I | had peaked |
| you | had peaked |
| he;she;it | had peaked |
| we | had peaked |
| you | had peaked |
| they | had peaked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would peak |
| you | would peak |
| he;she;it | would peak |
| we | would peak |
| you | would peak |
| they | would peak |
Perfect
| I | would have peaked |
| you | would have peaked |
| he;she;it | would have peaked |
| we | would have peaked |
| you | would have peaked |
| they | would have peaked |
Imperative
| you | peak |
| we | Let's peak |
| you | peak |
Verbs conjugated like 'peak'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'peak'
beak,
feak,
keak,
leak,
peal,
pean,
peck,
peek,
perk,
speak,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- climax
- crest
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "pointed top," 1530, variant of pike (2) "sharp point." Meaning "top of a mountain" first recorded 1634, though pike was used in this sense c.1400. Figurative sense is 1784. Meaning "point formed by hair on the forehead" is from 1833. The verb is first recorded 1577, in sense of "to rise in a peak;" meaning "reach highest point" first recorded 1958. The Peak in Derbyshire is O.E. Peaclond, apparently a reference to elf-denizen Peac "Puck."
2. From earlier peake, peek, peke, from Middle English pek (in place names), itself an alteration of pike, pyke, pyk (“a sharp point, pike”), from Old English pīc, piic (“a pike, needle, pin, peak, pinnacle”), from Proto-West Germanic *pīk, from Proto-Germanic *pīkaz (“peak”).
3. Cognate with Dutch piek (“pike, point, summit, peak”), Danish pik (“pike, peak”), Swedish pik (“pike, lance, point, peak”), Norwegian pik (“peak, summit”). More at pike.
Sample Sentences
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[2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 25 May 2024:]
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Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.
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There peaketh up a mightie high mounte. [1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “(please specify the book number)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC:]
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I came to this via sport but the thing that really peaked me was this. [2019 August 4, Alison Weir (@WeirAlison), Twitter:]
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My friend peaked me last year, at the GRA [Gender Recognition Act] consultation. [2019 August 31, MrsMiggins (@MrsMiggins13), Twitter:]
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Solidarity from Spain, @jk_rowling. Thank you for peaking so many people all over the world. [2021 November 22, DefendingMySisters (@DefendingMy), Twitter:]