verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To make as large as possible. transitive

   "I need to maximize performance."

2. 2
   make as big or large as possible wordnet
3. 3
   To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.

   "Since I only have one window open, I maximized the window so that the desktop is not visible."

4. 4
   make the most of wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

add toaggrandizeamplifyaugmentboostbroaden

Antonyms

All antonyms

minimize

Example

More examples

"It's just an attempt on his part to maximize profits, as much as possible, in the last moments of negotiations."

Etymology

From Latin maximus + -ize.

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