peer
A look; a glanceA look; a glance.
» Tom carefully peered inside the box.
Meaning
6 sensesA look; a glance.
Somebody who is, or something that is, at a level or of a value equal (to that of something else).
Ebenbürtiger, Ebenbürtige, Gleicher
ро́вняróvnja, рове́сникrovésnik, рове́сницаrovésnica
a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
Someone who is approximately the same age (as someone else).
Gleichaltriger, Gleichaltrige
рове́сникrovésnik, рове́сницаrovésnica, све́рстникsvérstnik
рове́сникrovésnyk, рове́сницяrovésnycja, одно́літокodnólitok
A noble with a title, i.e., a peerage, and in times past, with certain rights and privileges not enjoyed by commoners.
a peer of the realm
Adeliger, Adelige, Edelmann
пэрpɛr, дворяни́нdvorjanín, дворя́нкаdvorjánka
A comrade; a companion; an associate.
Kollege, Kollegin, Fachkollege
напа́рникnapárnik, напа́рницаnapárnica, компаньо́нkompanʹón
(informal)Someone who pees, someone who urinates.
Examples
133 sentencesTom carefully peered inside the box.
The boy peered into the room.
I blame this problem on peer pressure.
You need to learn to resist peer pressure.
deDu mußt lernen, dich Gruppenzwang zu widersetzen.
Children need to be taught to resist peer pressure.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English peren, pyren, piren (“to peer, gaze”), perhaps from Old English *pȳranFrom Middle English peren, pyren, piren (“to peer, gaze”), perhaps from Old English *pȳran (“to look, peer”), from Proto-West Germanic *pūrijan (“to look”), related to Saterland Frisian pierje (“to look”), Dutch Low Saxon piren (“to look”), West Flemish pieren (“to look with narrowed eyes, squint at”), Dutch pieren (“to look closely at, examine”), Middle English pouren (“to gaze, look closely”), English pore (“to study meticulously”). Compare also West Frisian pluere (“to peer”), Dutch pluren (“to gaze squintingly”), German Low German plieren (“to blink”), Danish plire (“to peer”), Swedish plira, blira (“to peer”), and thence ultimately related to the root of English blear.
From Middle English per, pere, from Anglo-Norman peir, Old French per, from Latin pār. Doublet of pair and par.
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