(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The ~ of a process or an activity is the point at which it is at its strongest, most successful, or most fully developed.
The party’s membership has fallen from a ~ of fifty-thousand after the Second World War...
The bomb went off in a concrete dustbin at the ~ of the morning rush hour.
...a flourishing career that was at its ~ at the time of his death...
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu with supp
2.
When something ~s, it reaches its highest value or its highest level.
Temperatures have ~ed at over thirty degrees Celsius...
His career ~ed during the 1970’s.
VERB: V at n, V
3.
The ~ level or value of something is its highest level or value.
Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (~ rate) per minute...
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
Peak times are the times when there is most demand for something or most use of something.
It’s always crowded at ~ times...
? off-~
ADJ: ADJ n
see also ~ time
5.
A ~ is a mountain or the top of a mountain.
...the snow-covered ~s.
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6.
The ~ of a cap is the part at the front that sticks out above your eyes.
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