Past tense of peak
regular verb
The past tense of peak is peaked. The past participle is also peaked.
Forms of peak
| Base form (V1) | peak /piːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | peaked /piːkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | peaked /piːkt/ |
| Present participle | peaking /ˈpiːkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | peaks /piːks/ |
Peaked in a sentence
- The wizard wore a peaked cap.From the entry peaked
- The index tells us that Zimbabwe's inflation rate recently peaked at 80 billion percent a month.2008 December 22, Steven Hanke, “The Printing Press”, in Forbes. From the entry novemdecillion
- When hyperinflation peaked, wheelbarrows full of money were required to shop for groceries.2004, John Barkley Rosser, Marina V. Rosser, Comparative Economics in a Transforming World Economy, page 236. From the entry hyperinflation
- Allosexual behavior peaked during the follicular phase for both heterosexual women and lesbians.2002, Mary H Burleson et al., “Sexual behavior in lesbian and heterosexual women: relations with menstrual cycle phase and partner…. From the entry allosexual
- In this study, the P1 peaked at the frontal region, and the P1 modulation peaked at the midfrontal area.2015 September 15, “The Complex Pre-Execution Stage of Auditory Cognitive Control: ERPs Evidence from Stroop Tasks”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry midfrontal
Meaning of peak
- noun A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- noun The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.
- noun The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point.
Questions about the past tense of peak
- What is the past tense of peak?
- The past tense of peak is peaked.
- What is the past participle of peak?
- The past participle of peak is peaked.
- Is peak a regular or irregular verb?
- Peak is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: peak (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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