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max
[
maks
]
Origin
max
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mæks
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Slang
.
noun
1.
maximum.
adjective
2.
maximum.
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adverb
3.
maximally.
Verb phrase
4.
max out,
a.
to reach a point at
which
no more improvement, profit, or benefit can occur; level off:
In her last
job
she maxed out at $25,000 a year.
b.
to reach the limit of one's capacity, endurance, etc.:
The sales department has maxed out and needs more personnel to call on new clients.
Idiom
5.
to the max,
to the greatest or furthest degree; totally:
That book is disgusting to the max.
Origin:
by shortening
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Max
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mæks
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maks
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noun
a male given
name
, form of
Maximilian.
MAX
Trademark
.
Cinemax: a cable television channel.
max.
maximum.
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max
(mæks)
—
n
1.
the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
2.
to the max
to the ultimate extent
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
max
"to reach the maximum level," by 1986, colloquial, from
maximize
or related words.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Slang Dictionary
max definition
n.
the maximum. (See also
to the max
.) :
I want the max. I'm hungry.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
max
maximum
MAX
Cinemax
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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