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optimise

optimise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize.

Meaning of optimize

Verb

optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)

  1. To act optimistically or as an optimist.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
    • We need to optimize the supply chain to reduce costs.
  3. (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
    • The website was redesigned to optimize user experience.
  4. (intransitive) To become optimal.

Forms of optimise

third-person singular presentoptimises
present participleoptimising
past participleoptimised
pastoptimised

Words formed from optimise

Questions about optimise

What is optimise the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Optimise is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize.

Words near optimise in the dictionary

  1. optimeters
  2. optimific
  3. optimisable
  4. optimisation
  5. optimisations
  6. optimise
  7. optimised
  8. optimiser
  9. optimisers
  10. optimises
  11. optimising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: optimise (page history and authors); optimize (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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