maximum
Syllables: max·i·mum/ˈmæksɪməm/
maximum noun: the highest limit.
Noun
maximum (plural maxima or maximums)
- The highest limit.
- This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence
- The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
- An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
- The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
- A 147 break; the highest possible break.
- Synonyms:
- 147, maximum break
- A score of 180 with three darts.
- A scoring shot for 6 runs.
- maximum security
- I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.1983 April 23, Alice Thompson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15
Adjective
maximum (not comparable)
- To the highest degree.
- Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
- Each Piccadilly Line train consists of seven cars, the construction of the stations below ground making this the maximum length.1960 March, “New Stock for the Piccadilly Line of London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 203
maximum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
maximum in Hindi
- highest limit
- अधिकतम adhiktam, सबसे ज़्यादा sabse zyādā
- math: greatest value
- अधिकतम adhiktam
- highest degree
- अधिकतम adhiktam
maximum in Tamil
- மீப்பெருமம், உச்சவரம்பு, உயரெல்லை, மீப்பெருமதிப்பு, அதிகப் பட்சம், அதிகம்
maximum in Marathi
- highest degree
- जास्तीत जास्त jāstīt jāsta, कमाल kamāl
maximum in Urdu
- عظیم ترین, غایت, زیادہ سے زیادہ
More languagesFewer languages
- maximum in Bengali
- সর্বাধিক সংখ্যা পরিমাণ, সর্বাধিক সংখ্যা মাত্রা, চরম অবস্থা, পরম অবস্থা
- maximum in Telugu
- గరిష్ఠం gariṣṭhaṁ, గరిష్ఠ gariṣṭha
- maximum in Malayalam
- പരമാവധി paramāvadhi
- maximum in Kannada
- ಗರಿಷ್ಠ, ಪರಮಾವಧಿಯ, ಅಧಿಕತಮ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಹೆಚ್ಚಿನ
- maximum in Punjabi
- ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ
- maximum in Gujarati
- મહત્તમ
- maximum in Nepali
- अधिकतम
- maximum in Tagalog
- higdulan, higdulin
- maximum in Malay
- maksimum
- maximum in Indonesian
- maksimum, plafon, pagu
- maximum in Persian
- بیشینه bišine, ماکسیمم mâksimom
- maximum in Vietnamese
- cực điểm, cực đại, tối đa
Examples of maximum in a sentence
- Social workers should work on a maximum of forty active cases.
- To achieve maximum depth of field, he stopped down to an f-stop of 22.
- Traditionally Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
Synonyms of maximum
Antonyms
Forms of maximum
| plural | maxima |
|---|---|
| plural | maximums |
Origin of maximum
Via French from Latin maximum.
Words formed from maximum
- antimaximum
- Dymaxion
- glacial maximum
- global maximum
- interference maximum
- local maximum
- maximal
- maximative
- maximin
- maximize
- maximon
- maximum attack
- maximum break
- maximum card
- maximum cut
- maximum holding time
- maximum limit
- maximumly
- maximum permitted mileage
- maximum security
- maximum-security
- maximum seek time
- maximum throughput
- maximum usable frequency
- maximum wage
- maxout
- minimax
- Q-max
- solar maximum
- submaximum
- super-maximum
- supermaximum
- supramaximum
Phrases with maximum
Questions about maximum
- What does maximum mean?
- Maximum means the highest limit.
- What is maximum in Hindi?
- Maximum in Hindi is अधिकतम (adhiktam), सबसे ज़्यादा (sabse zyādā). See Maximum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is maximum?
- Maximum can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce maximum?
- Maximum is pronounced /ˈmæksɪməm/.
- What is the plural of maximum?
- The plural of maximum is maxima.
Words near maximum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: maximum (page history and authors); maximum (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximum (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximum (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximum (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); maximum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); maximum (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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