Maximize
/ˈmæksəmaɪz/ verb
verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To make as large as possible. transitive
"I need to maximize performance."
- 2 make as big or large as possible wordnet
- 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 make the most of wordnet
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.