Definition of 'peer'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present
tense peers
, present participle peering
, past tense, past participle peered
1. verb
I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all.
[VERB preposition]
He watched the Customs official peer into the driver's window.
[VERB preposition]
2. countable noun
3. countable noun [usually plural]
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peer in British English 1
noun
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Word origin
C14 (in sense 3): from Old French per, from Latin pār equal
Word Frequency
peer in British English 2
verb (intransitive)
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Word origin
C16: from Flemish pieren to look with narrowed eyes
Word Frequency
peer in American English 1
noun
1.
a person or thing of the same rank, value, quality,
ability, etc.; equal; specif., an equal before the law
2.
a
noble; esp., a British duke, marquess, earl, viscount, or baron
verb transitive
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peer in American English 2
verb intransitive
3. OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
to appear
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British English: peer VERB
If you peer at something, you look at it very hard, usually because it is difficult to see clearly.
I had been peering at a computer print-out that made no sense at all.
British English: peer NOUN
Your peers are the people who are the same age as you or who have the same status as you.
His engaging personality made him popular with his peers.
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