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Meaning of Peer | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
pɪə̯

Definitions

  1. A look; a glance.
  2. Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
  3. Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
    informal
  4. Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
  5. A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
  6. A comrade; a companion; an associate.

Equivalents

العربية الندّ ترب قرين
Azərbaycanca yaşıd
Беларуская раве́снік
Български равен
Bosanski kolega lord par партнер
Català igual par
Esperanto elrigardi
Español coetáneo congénere escrutar noble par
فارسی همتا
Gaeilge Bantiarna comhaois piara tiarna
Gàidhlig comhaois leithid
עברית אח עָמִית רע
Hrvatski kolega lord par партнер
Magyar egyenrangú kortárs nemes társ
Bahasa Indonesia rekan sebaya sejawat tolok
日本語 だめ 仲間 同い年 同輩 華族 貴族
한국어 귀족 동갑 동년배 동료 동배 또래
Kurdî asilzade egal egale emsal par par parî
Latviešu pers
Македонски врсник врсничка
Nederlands edele edelman gelijke leeftijdgenoot turen
Português espreitar par
Српски kolega lord par партнер
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.
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