Optimise

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize. UK, alt-of, nonstandard

    "Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways."

  2. 2
    act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world wordnet
  3. 3
    modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost wordnet
  4. 4
    make optimal; get the most out of; use best wordnet

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"The theory of games shows that what we name "moral principles" are no other than the strategy elements enabling the group to optimise its survival. Men like to dress their eagerness under the guise of charity."

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