maximize

English

Alternative forms

• maximise

Etymology

From Latin maximus + English -ize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæksəmaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

maximize (third-person singular simple present maximizes, present participle maximizing, simple past and past participle maximized)

1. (transitive) To make as large as possible.

   I need to maximize performance.

   Strive to maximize your potential.

2. (computing, graphical user interface) To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.

   Since I only have one window open, I maximized the window so that the desktop is not visible.

Antonyms

• minimize

Derived terms

• maximand
• maximizable
• maximization
• maximizer
• -maxx
• unmaximize
• unmaximized

Related terms

• max out (verb)

Translations

to make as large as possible

• Afrikaans: maksimeer
• Armenian: առավելագույնի հասցնել (aṙavelaguyni hascʻnel)
• Catalan: maximitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最大化 (zh) (zuìdàhuà)

• Czech: maximalizovat
• Dutch: maximaliseren (nl)
• Finnish: maksimoida (fi)
• French: maximiser (fr)
• German: maximieren (de)
• Greek: μεγιστοποιώ (el) (megistopoió)
• Hungarian: maximalizál (hu)
• Japanese: 最大化する (さいだいかする, saidaika suru)
• Korean: 최대화(最大化)하다 (choedaehwahada)
• Māori: whakamōrahi
• Polish: maksymalizować (pl) impf, zmaksymalizować pf
• Portuguese: maximizar (pt)
• Russian: увели́чивать максима́льно (uvelíčivatʹ maksimálʹno)
• Slovak: maximalizovať
• Spanish: maximizar (es), extremar (es)

to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)

• Armenian: առավելացնել (hy) (aṙavelacʻnel)
• Catalan: maximitzar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最大化 (zh) (zuìdàhuà)

• Finnish: suurentaa (fi)
• Hungarian: teljes méretűre állít
• Irish: uasmhéadaigh
• Japanese: 最大化する (さいだいかする, saidaika suru)
• Korean: 최대화(最大化)하다 (choedaehwahada)
• Māori: whakamōrahi
• Russian: развора́чивать (ru) impf (razvoráčivatʹ), разверну́ть (ru) pf (razvernútʹ), максимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (maksimizírovatʹ)
• Swedish: maximera (sv)
• Vietnamese: tối đa hóa

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ma.siˈmi.zi/, /mak.siˈmi.zi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐ.siˈmi.zɨ/, /mɐk.siˈmi.zɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -izi, (Portugal) -izɨ
• Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧mi‧ze

Verb

maximize

1. inflection of maximizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative