{
    "term": "peer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who is the same age or who has the same social status as you",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She enjoys the respect of her peers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A peer review system is being introduced to help teachers who are experiencing difficulty."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children are worried about failing in front of their peers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Peer pressure** is strong among young people *(= they want to be like other people of the same age)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Young people sometimes drink alcohol because of peer pressure."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peer acceptance is particularly important for teenagers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is highly respected by her professional peers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Peer relations play an important role in children's emotional and social development."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They adopt attitudes that are more socially acceptable among their peers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have seen several women who can outperform their male peers physically."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an extended family and peer network"
                },
                {
                    "text": "teenagers trying to impress their peers"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["academic", "professional"],
                "verb + peer": ["outperform", "impress"],
                "peer + noun": ["group", "influence", "pressure"],
                "preposition": ["among somebody’s peers"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "(in the UK) a member of the nobility or the House of Lords",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "MPs and peers from all parties met to discuss the issue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is the American-born wife of a Scottish peer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Conservative peers are expected to criticize the scheme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She described the incident as ‘unbecoming behaviour for a peer of the realm’."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["Conservative", "Labour", "etc."],
                "phrases": ["a peer of the realm"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "pe/peer/peer__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/pɪr/",
                "audio": "pe/peer/peer__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "noun Middle English: from Old French peer, from Latin par ‘equal’."
}