1. To look intently, especially when something is hard to see.
2. A person of roughly the same age, status, ability, or professional standing as another.
3. A member of a nobility, especially the British peerage.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- peer through the fog
- peer over spectacles
On the page
She peered through the fog for a sign of the road.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- peer
- Third-person present
- peers
- Past tense
- peered
- Past participle
- peered
- Present participle
- peering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- peer / peers
- Present continuous
- am/is/are peering
- Present perfect
- have/has peered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been peering
- Past
- peered
- Past continuous
- was/were peering
- Past perfect
- had peered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been peering
- Future
- will peer
- Future continuous
- will be peering
- Future perfect
- will have peered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been peering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: peer; peers; peered; peered; peering. Noun singular peer; plural peers.. Noun singular peer; plural peers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: peers.
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