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Rarepeaking
The correct spelling is peaking.
How to pronounce peaking
verb
IPA: /ˈpiːkɪŋ/
Say it like: Pee-kin-g
The correct spelling is peaking. To reach a highest degree or maximum. For example: "Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay."
Usage Examples
“Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To reach a highest degree or maximum.
- 2.To rise or extend into a peak or point; to form, or appear as, a peak.
- 3.To raise the point of (a gaff) closer to perpendicular.
- 4.To become sick or wan.
- 5.To acquire sharpness of figure or features; hence, to look thin or sickly.
noun
- 1.The act of something reaching a peak.
adjective
- 1.Peaky; sickly; pining
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