Meaning of Peer | Babel Free
pɪə̯Definitions
- A look; a glance.
- Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
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Someone who pees, someone who urinates. informal
- Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
- A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
- A comrade; a companion; an associate.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
yaşıd
Беларуская
раве́снік
Български
равен
Dansk
jævnaldrende
Deutsch
Adelige
Adeliger
ebenbürtige
ebenbürtiger
Edelfrau
Edelmann
Fachkollege
gleichaltrige
gleichaltriger
Gleicher
Gleichgestellter
Gleichrangiger
illern
kieken
Kollege
Kollegin
Linsen
Peer
spähen
Esperanto
elrigardi
فارسی
همتا
Latviešu
pers
Русский
вглядеться
вглядываться
всматриваться
всмотреться
высматривать
высмотреть
дворянин
дворянка
Коллега
компаньон
напарник
напарница
партнер
партнёрша
пэр
ровесник
ровесница
ровня
сверстник
сверстница
Tagalog
kabarkada
Examples
“Blessed are those organisers who provide one-and-all with a name tag, for then the participants will chat together. A quick peer at your neighbour's lapel is much the simplest way to become introduced […]”
“In song he never had his peer.”
“Shall they draw off to their privileged quarters, and consort only with their peers?”
“a peer of the realm”
“a noble peer of mickle trust and power”
“He all his Peeres in beautie did surpas,”
“As was the caveat about peeing in a pool. Of course, peeing in a pool wasn't dangerous to the person ... If you peed in a pool, and you were carrying the polio virus, presumably *other* people were put at risk, not the peer (pee-er?).”
“SOunds^([sic]) like you've already broken him quite well, if he's peeing when disciplined. Pretty sad. He's not a dog, not that treating a dog like this is any better either. You've turned your child into a submissive peer.”
“Submissive peeing, on the other hand, IS related to anxiety. But submissive peeing is not marking. A submissive peer is generally a very submissive dog.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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