- maximize
- transitive verb (-mized; -mizing) Date: 1802 1. to increase to a maximum 2. to make the most of 3. to find a maximum value of • maximization noun • maximizer noun
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maximize — max‧i‧mize [ˈmæksmaɪz] also maximise verb [transitive] 1. to increase something such as profit or income as much as possible: • The company s main function is to maximize profit. maximization also maximisation … Financial and business terms
Maximize — Max i*mize, v. t. [L. maximus greatest.] To increase to the highest degree. Bentham. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
maximize — index enhance, expand, increase, magnify, overestimate, parlay (exploit successfully) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
maximize — (v.) 1802, formed in English from MAXIMUM (Cf. maximum) + IZE (Cf. ize); first attested in Bentham, who used it often. Related: Maximized; maximizing … Etymology dictionary
maximize — (Amer.) max·i·mize || mæksɪmaɪz v. increase to the greatest amount or degree, magnify as much as possible; make the most of; make best use of something; (Computers) enlarge a window to the maximum size in a graphical user interface (also… … English contemporary dictionary
maximize — (also maximise) ► VERB 1) make as great or large as possible. 2) make the best use of. DERIVATIVES maximization noun maximizer noun … English terms dictionary
maximize — [mak′sə mīz΄] vt. maximized, maximizing 1. to increase to the maximum; raise to the highest possible degree; enlarge, intensify, etc. as much as possible 2. to estimate or make appear to be of the greatest possible amount, value, or importance… … English World dictionary
maximize — max|i|mize also maximise BrE [ˈmæksımaız] v [T] 1.) to increase something such as profit or income as much as possible ≠ ↑minimize maximize profit/revenue etc ▪ The company s main function is to maximize profit. 2.) to ↑click on a special part on … Dictionary of contemporary English
maximize — [[t]mæ̱ksɪmaɪz[/t]] maximizes, maximizing, maximized (in BRIT, also use maximise) 1) VERB If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can. [V n] In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output … English dictionary
maximize — UK [ˈmæksɪmaɪz] / US [ˈmæksɪˌmaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms maximize : present tense I/you/we/they maximize he/she/it maximizes present participle maximizing past tense maximized past participle maximized to make something as large as… … English dictionary
maximize — max|i|mize [ mæksı,maız ] verb transitive to make something as large as possible: We aim to maximize profits over the next year. We suggest you maximize the screen before completing the application form. ─ opposite MINIMIZE ╾ max|i|mi|za|tion [… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
