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The correct spelling is peer.
How to pronounce peer
/pɪə/
nounIPA: /pɪə/
Say it like: Pee-r
The correct spelling is peer. A look; a glance. For example: "a peer of the realm"
Usage Examples
“a peer of the realm”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A look; a glance.
- 2.Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
- 3.Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
- 4.A noble with a hereditary title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
- 5.A comrade; a companion; an associate.
verb
- 1.To look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
- 2.To come in sight; to appear.
- 3.To make equal in rank.
- 4.To carry communications traffic terminating on one's own network on an equivalency basis to and from another network, usually without charge or payment. Contrast with transit where one pays another network provider to carry one's traffic.
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