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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: make as big or large as possible; "Maximize your profits!" [syn: maximize, maximise] [ant: minimise, minimize]
2: make the most of; "He maximized his role" [syn: maximize, maximise]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb (-mized; -mizing) Date: 1802 1. to increase to a maximum 2. to make the most of 3. to find a maximum value of • maximization noun • maximizer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.tr. (also -ise) increase or enhance to the utmost. Derivatives: maximization n. maximizer n. Etymology: L maximus: see MAXIMUM

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Maximize Max"i*mize, v. t. [L. maximus greatest.] To increase to the highest degree. --Bentham.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(maximizes, maximizing, maximized) Note: in BRIT, also use 'maximise' 1. If you maximize something, you make it as great in amount or importance as you can. In order to maximize profit the firm would seek to maximize output... ? minimize VERB: V n • maximization ...a pricing policy that was aimed at profit maximisation. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n 2. If you maximize a window on a computer screen, you make it as large as possible. Click on the square icon to maximize the window. ? minimize VERB: V n

Moby Thesaurus

add to, aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, broaden, build, build up, elaborate, embellish, enhance, enlarge, exaggerate, exalt, expand, extend, fatten, fill out, hike, hike up, improve, increase, inflate, jack up, jump up, lengthen, magnify, make much of, overdo, overemphasize, overplay, oversell, overstate, overstress, parlay, put up, pyramid, raise, thicken, up