Maximize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To increase or make as great as possible: "the ideal of maximizing opportunity through the equalizing of educational opportunity” ( Robert J. Havighurst).
  • v. To assign the highest possible importance to.
  • v. Mathematics To find the largest value of (a function).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to make as large as possible
  • v. to expand (a window) to fill the main display area
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To increase to the highest degree.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make as great as possible; raise or increase to the highest degree. Also spelled maximise.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. make as big or large as possible
  • v. make the most of
  • Antonym
    minimize   
    Verb Form
    maximized    maximizes    maximizing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    increase    tap    exploit   
    Cross Reference
    belittle    diminish    disparage   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    maximate    increase    improve    magnify   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alias=shoe_ros_mpu_bo    abou    ligh    righ    fron