Word a Day
peer
What does peer mean?
peer (verb): to look with difficulty, or as if searching for something.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use peer in a sentence?
- We peered into the back of the shop to see whether a salesman was around. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce peer?
/pɪɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does peer come from?
From Middle English peren, pyren, piren (“to peer, gaze”), perhaps from Old English *pȳran (“to look, peer”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “peer” mean?
have the financial means to do something or buy something
Not quite: that's what afford means.
make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool
Not quite: that's what drill means.
to use in place of something else, with the same function
Not quite: that's what substitute means.
to look with difficulty, or as if searching for something
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