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optimize - 4 dictionary results

op⋅ti⋅mize

[op-tuh-mahyz] verb, -mized, -miz⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
2. to make the best of.
3. Computers. to write or rewrite (the instructions in a program) so as to maximize efficiency and speed in retrieval, storage, or execution.
4. Mathematics. to determine the maximum or minimum values of (a specified function that is subject to certain constraints).
–verb (used without object)
5. to be optimistic.
Also, especially British, op⋅ti⋅mise.


Origin:
1835–45; optim(um) + -ize
op·ti·mize   (ŏp'tə-mīz')   
tr.v.   op·ti·mized, op·ti·miz·ing, op·ti·miz·es
  1. To make as perfect or effective as possible.
  2. Computer Science To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions.
  3. To make the most of.

optimize 
1844, "to act as an optimist," back-formation from optimist. Meaning "to make the most of" is first recorded 1857.

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