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max

/mæks/

max adjective: maximum; maximal. Also the clipping of maximum.

Adjective

max (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Maximum; maximal.
    Synonyms:
    maxi

Adverb

max (not comparable)

  1. (informal) at the most; maximum.
    • Four days max, then, to get them to safety.1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88

Noun

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

  1. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
    • He pushed himself to the max.
  2. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
    • Oh! for a glass of max!1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII)
    • 'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243

Verb

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

  1. (usually) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
    • He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
    • She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
  2. (especially, informal) To relax.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Max

Max

  1. A male given name from Latin.
    • Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there...2002, Cynthia Heimel, If You Can't Live Without Me, Why Aren't You Dead Yet?, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 177
    • Kyle: Okay, Max. Search.2015, Max
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Maximilian and Maxwell.
    • Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to...2023 June 15, Eli Masket and Michelle Watson, “A city in Michigan votes to permanently ban Pride flags from display on public property during Pride Month”, in CNN, archived from the original on 30...
    • Hi, I’m Max Pond. I’m an active mormon, or member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.2025 July 22, Max Pond, “What is Durfing? (Explained by a Mormon)”, in LDS Quotations, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2025
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Maxine.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: MAX

MAX

  1. The Boeing 737 MAX airliner.

Also used as

max is also the clipping of maximum.

max meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

max in Hindi

मैक्स

max in Tamil

மாக்ஸ், மேக்ஸ்

max in Marathi

मॅक्स

max in Urdu

میکس, ماکس
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max in Bengali
ম্যাক্স
max in Telugu
మాక్స్
max in Malayalam
മാക്സ്
max in Kannada
ಮ್ಯಾಕ್ಸ್
max in Punjabi
ਮੈਕਸ
max in Gujarati
મેક્સ
max in Odia
ମାକ୍ସ୍, ମ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସ, ମ୍ଯ଼ାକ୍ସ୍
max in Nepali
म्याक्स, मैक्स

Examples of max in a sentence

  • The max() function iterates through the data to find the highest value.
  • Max is very sensitive; he cried today because of the bad news.
  • Max used all his veterinary knowledge to save the goose stuck in the fence.

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Synonyms of max

Antonyms

Forms of max

Noun
pluralmaxes
Verb
third-person singular presentmaxes
present participlemaxing
past participlemaxed
pastmaxed

Past tense of max: maxed

Origin of max

Abbreviation of maximum.

Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.

Ellipsis of 737 MAX.

Words formed from max

Phrases with max

Words that rhyme with max

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Questions about max

What does max mean?
Max means maximum; maximal.
What is max in Hindi?
Max in Hindi is मैक्स. See Max meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is max?
Max can be an adjective, an adverb, a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce max?
Max is pronounced /mæks/.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: max (page history and authors); Max (page history and authors); MAX (page history and authors); max (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); max (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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