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maximise

/ˈmæksəmaɪz/

maximise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of maximize.

Meaning of maximize

Verb

maximize (third-person singular simple present maximizes, present participle maximizing, simple past and past participle maximized)

  1. (transitive) To make as large as possible.
    • I need to maximize performance.
  2. To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.
    • Since I only have one window open, I maximized the window so that the desktop is not visible.

Forms of maximise

third-person singular presentmaximises
present participlemaximising
past participlemaximised
pastmaximised

Questions about maximise

What is maximise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Maximise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of maximize.
How do you pronounce maximise?
Maximise is pronounced /ˈmæksəmaɪz/.

Words near maximise in the dictionary

  1. maximinning
  2. maximins
  3. maximisable
  4. maximisation
  5. maximisations
  6. maximise
  7. maximised
  8. maximiser
  9. maximisers
  10. maximises
  11. maximising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maximise (page history and authors); maximize (page history and authors). 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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