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noun
- 1. a member of the nobility in Britain or Ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron: "hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the House of Lords" Similar
- 2. a person of the same age, status, or ability as another specified person: "he has incurred much criticism from his academic peers" Similar
verb
- 1. make or become equal with: archaic "the Thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home"
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PEERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of peer 2. to look carefully or with difficulty: . Learn more.
a person who is the same age or has the same social position or the same abilities as other people in a group: Do you think it's true that teenage girls are less self-confident than their male peers? He wasn't a great scholar, but as a teacher he had few peers (= not as many people had the same ability as him). More examples.
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk / pɪə r/ us / pɪr /. C2. to look carefully or with difficulty: peer through When no one answered the door, she peered through the window to see if anyone was there. The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
: to look narrowly or curiously. a child peering from behind a tree. especially : to look searchingly at something difficult to discern. She peered into the dark closet looking for her missing shoe. 2. : to come slightly into view : emerge partly. a vast white cloud, through which the sun peered Francis Kingdon-Ward.
n. 1. A person who has equal standing with another or others, as in rank, class, or age: children who are easily influenced by their peers. 2. a. A nobleman. b. A man who holds a peerage by descent or appointment. 3. A computer participating in a peer-to-peer network. 4.
noun. a person of the same legal status: a jury of one's peers. a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. something of equal worth or quality: a skyscraper without peer. a nobleman.
noun. 1. a person of the same legal status. a jury of one's peers. 2. a person who is equal to another in abilities, qualifications, age, background, and social status. 3. something of equal worth or quality. a sky-scraper without peer.
1. If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. [...] 2. Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you. [...] More. Conjugations of 'peer' present simple: I peer, you peer [...] past simple: I peered, you peered [...] past participle: peered. More.
Definitions of 'peer' 1. If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly. [...] 2. In Britain, a peer is a member of the nobility who has or had the right to vote in the House of Lords. [...] 3. Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you. [...] More.
From Longman Business Dictionary peer /pɪəpɪr/ noun [countable usually plural] 1 a company or product that is similar to the one you are talking about He believes the company is undervalued relative to its peers. 2 someone who is the same age or has the same job, social position etc as the person you are talking about Staff members are trained b...
