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max⋅i⋅mize

  [mak-suh-mahyz]
–verb (used with object), -mized, -miz⋅ing.
1. to increase to the greatest possible amount or degree: to look for ways of maximizing profit.
2. to represent at the highest possible estimate; magnify: He maximized his importance in the program, minimizing the contributions of the other participants.
3. to make the greatest or fullest use of: Maximize your time by planning ahead.
Use maximizes in a Sentence
Also, especially British, max⋅i⋅mise.

Origin:
1795–1805; maxim(um) + -ize

Related forms:
max⋅i⋅mi⋅za⋅tion, max⋅i⋅ma⋅tion, noun
max⋅i⋅miz⋅er, noun
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max·i·mize   (māk'sə-mīz')   
tr.v.   max·i·mized, max·i·miz·ing, max·i·miz·es

  1. To increase or make as great as possible: "the ideal of maximizing opportunity through the equalizing of educational opportunity" (Robert J. Havighurst).

  2. To assign the highest possible importance to.

  3. Mathematics To find the largest value of (a function).

max'i·mi·za'tion (-mĭ-zā'shən) n., max'i·miz'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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