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optimum

/ˈɒptɪməm//ˈɑptɪməm/

optimum noun: the best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.

Noun

optimum (plural optima or optimums)

  1. The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
  2. Any long period of time marked by a persistently warm climate; a climatic optimum.

Adjective

optimum (not comparable)

  1. The best or most advantageous; surpassing all others.
    • optimum conditions for climbing
    Synonyms:
    best, ideal, optimal

optimum meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

optimum in Tamil

பெரிதும் உகந்த, உகந்த, ஏற்ற, சிறப்பு, உகமம், உத்தம்

optimum in Marathi

इष्टतम

optimum in Bengali

সর্বাপেক্ষা অনুকূল

optimum in Telugu

ఆప్టిమమ్
More languagesFewer languages
optimum in Malayalam
അനുകൂലതമം
optimum in Kannada
ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮ, ಅತಿಪ್ರಶಸ್ತವಾದ, ಅತಿ ಅನುಕೂಲದ, ಅತ್ಯಂತ ಅನುಕೂಲಕರ
optimum in Gujarati
ઓપ્ટિમમ

Examples of optimum in a sentence

  • The optimum interplant distance for crops depends on the species.
  • It was like seeing some dreamy fruit at the point of optimum, plumptious juiciness.
  • “The optimum number of coverlines on a real life title is seven,” he says.

All 31 example sentences with optimum

Synonyms of optimum

Forms of optimum

pluraloptima
pluraloptimums

Plural of optimum: optima or optimums

Origin of optimum

From New Latin, neuter of Latin optimus (“best, very good”), from the root in ops (“work”) or omnis (“all”).

Words formed from optimum

Phrases with optimum

Questions about optimum

What does optimum mean?
Optimum means the best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
What is optimum in Tamil?
Optimum in Tamil is பெரிதும் உகந்த, உகந்த, ஏற்ற. See Optimum meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is optimum?
Optimum can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce optimum?
Optimum is pronounced /ˈɑptɪməm/ (US).
What is the plural of optimum?
The plural of optimum is optima.

Words near optimum in the dictionary

  1. optimizers
  2. optimizes
  3. optimizes out
  4. optimizing
  5. optimizing out
  6. optimum
  7. optimums
  8. Optimus
  9. optineurin
  10. opting
  11. opting in

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