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maximize

/ˈmæksəmaɪz/

maximize verb: to make as large as possible.

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.
    • Strive to maximize your potential.
  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.

maximize meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali

maximize in Hindi

अधिकतम करना

maximize in Tamil

பெரிதாக்கு, மிகுதியாக்கு

maximize in Marathi

जास्तीत जास्त करणे, जास्तीत जास्त वाढवणे

maximize in Bengali

সর্বোচ্চ করা, বৃদ্ধি করা
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maximize in Telugu
గరిష్టపరచడానికి
maximize in Malayalam
പരമാവധിയാക്കാൻ
maximize in Kannada
ಗರಿಷ್ಠಗೊಳಿಸಿ, ಗರಿಷ್ಠಗೊಳಿಸುವುದಕ್ಕೆ
maximize in Gujarati
મહત્તમ કરો, મહત્તમ કરવા
maximize in Odia
ସର୍ବାଧିକ କରିବା
maximize in Vietnamese
tối đa hóa

Examples of maximize in a sentence

  • Use sheers to maximize natural light.
  • If you encounter windshear on approach, apply TOGA power and rotate the nose up to just below the stickshaker activation threshold to maximize the aircraft's climb capability.
  • Pushing (oshi) means discarding tiles that might deal in, all for the sake of maximizing your win.

All 40 example sentences with maximize

Antonyms of maximize

Forms of maximize

third-person singular presentmaximizes
present participlemaximizing
past participlemaximized
pastmaximized
alternative formmaximise

Past tense of maximize: maximized

Origin of maximize

From Latin maximus + English -ize.

Words formed from maximize

Questions about maximize

What does maximize mean?
Maximize means to make as large as possible.
What is maximize in Hindi?
Maximize in Hindi is अधिकतम करना. See Maximize meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is maximize?
Maximize is a verb.
How do you pronounce maximize?
Maximize is pronounced /ˈmæksəmaɪz/.
What is the past tense of maximize?
The past tense of maximize is maximized.

Words near maximize in the dictionary

  1. maximists
  2. maximite
  3. maximizable
  4. maximization
  5. maximizations
  6. maximize
  7. maximized
  8. maximizer
  9. maximizers
  10. maximizes
  11. maximizing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: maximize (page history and authors); maximize (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximize (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximize (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximize (Odia, 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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