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Definition of Maximize
1. Verb. Make as big or large as possible. "Maximize your profits!"
Generic synonyms: Increase
Derivative terms: Maximisation, Maximum, Maximum, Maximization, Maximum, Maximum
Antonyms: Minimise, Minimize
2. Verb. Make the most of. "He maximized his role"
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
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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