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optimize

UK/ˈɒptɪmaɪz//ˈɑptɪmaɪz/

optimize verb: to act optimistically or as an optimist.

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.
    • As I have taken pains to point out, AI's goals and instructions may be quite different from the ones it reports it's using, instructions that may also be quite different from the ones we've given it. It may also be optimizing its "rewards" by masking its operations even from those who believe...2026 June 17, Charles Hugh Smith, What AI Is and Is Not-- or, When Electrocution of Innocents Becomes Profitable
  3. (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
    • The website was redesigned to optimize user experience.
    • He used software to optimize the performance of his computer.
  4. (intransitive) To become optimal.

optimize meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Indonesian and Persian

optimize in Tamil

உகப்பாக்கு, உகந்த அளவாக்கு, மேம்படுத்து

optimize in Kannada

ಸರಿದೂಗಿಸು

optimize in Indonesian

to make (something) optimal
mengoptimalkan

optimize in Persian

to make (something) more efficient
بهینیدن

Examples of optimize in a sentence

  • A high level of analyst expertise is required to optimize instrument parameters and correct for matrix interferences either during the sample preparation phase or the data analysis phase.2003, NIOSH (editors), NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods — Chapter R (XRD methods):
  • Source-to-source program transformations which optimize the resulting code are central to the approach described here.1978, Guy L. Steele Jr., Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme (Chapter 11):
  • It is the policy of the United States to optimize and target Federal investments in workforce development to align with our country's reindustrialization needs.2025, Donald Trump, Executive Order 14278 (2025):

All 40 example sentences with optimize

Synonyms of optimize

All synonyms of optimize

Forms of optimize

third-person singular presentoptimizes
present participleoptimizing
past participleoptimized
pastoptimized
alternative formoptimise

Past tense of optimize: optimized

Origin of optimize

Back-formation from optimist. First attested in 1844.

Words formed from optimize

Questions about optimize

What does optimize mean?
Optimize means to act optimistically or as an optimist.
What is optimize in Tamil?
Optimize in Tamil is உகப்பாக்கு, உகந்த அளவாக்கு, மேம்படுத்து. See Optimize meaning in Tamil.
How do you use optimize in a sentence?
A high level of analyst expertise is required to optimize instrument parameters and correct for matrix interferences either during the sample preparation phase or the data analysis phase.
What part of speech is optimize?
Optimize is a verb.
How do you pronounce optimize?
Optimize is pronounced /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of optimize?
The past tense of optimize is optimized.

Words near optimize in the dictionary

  1. optimization
  2. optimization problem
  3. optimization problems
  4. optimizational
  5. optimizations
  6. optimize
  7. optimize out
  8. optimized
  9. optimized out
  10. optimizer
  11. optimizers

Source and license

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