Definition of Maximize

1. Verb. Make as big or large as possible. "Maximize your profits!"

Exact synonyms: Maximise
Generic synonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Maximisation, Maximum, Maximum, Maximization, Maximum, Maximum
Antonyms: Minimise, Minimize

2. Verb. Make the most of. "He maximized his role"
Exact synonyms: Maximise
Generic synonyms: Exploit, Tap
Derivative terms: Maximum, Maximum, Maximum, Maximum

Definition of Maximize

1. v. t. To increase to the highest degree.

Definition of Maximize

1. Verb. to make as large as possible ¹

2. Verb. (computing graphical user interface) to expand (a window) to fill the main display area ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maximize

1. to make as great as possible [v -MIZED, -MIZING, -MIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maximize

maximisation
maximisations
maximise
maximised
maximiser
maximisers
maximises
maximising
maximist
maximists
maximite
maximites
maximizable
maximization
maximizations
maximize (current term)
maximized
maximizer
maximizers
maximizes
maximizing
maxims
maximum
maximum-security
maximum and minimum thermometer
maximum break
maximum breaks
maximum breathing capacity
maximum permissible dose

Literary usage of Maximize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on the Calculus of Variations: Arranged with the Purpose of by Lewis Buffett Carll (1890)
"Suppose we seek by the calculus of variations to maximize or minimize the expression yy Then returning to our former notation, we shall have ..."

2. Computer Models for Water-Resources Planning and Management: National Study by Ralph A. Wurbs (1997)
"... the other objectives treated as constraints at fixed user-specified levels. For example, the model might maximize average annual energy, subject to the ..."

3. Recovering Correctional Costs Through Offender Fees by Dale Parent (1994)
"maximize Correctional Agencies' Incentives to Collect Correctional officials instituting new correctional fee programs should ..."

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