peaked
pronunciation
How to pronounce peaked in British English:
UK [ˈpi:kt]
How to pronounce peaked in American English:
US [pikt, ˈpikɪd]
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- Adjective:
- somewhat ill or prone to illness
- having or rising to a peak
Word Origin
- peaked (adj.)
- "sickly-looking," 1835, from past participle of obsolete verb peak "look sickly or thin, shrink, waste away" (1540s), which is perhaps from peak in sense of "become pointed" through emaciation. Related: Peakedness.
Example
- 1. China 's growth might have peaked in bigger cities , such as shanghai and beijing .
- 2. 2 ) Corporate profits may have peaked , at least as a percentage of the economy .
- 3. That investment splurge means that infrastructure spending may have peaked already .
- 4. Its share price peaked at 14 in april 2011 .
- 5. American apparel 's store managers thought they were busiest when sales peaked .