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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. make as big or large as possible;
- Example: "Maximize your profits!"
[syn: maximize, maximise]

2. make the most of;
- Example: "He maximized his role"
[syn: maximize, maximise]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Maximize \Max"i*mize\, v. t. [L. maximus greatest.]
   To increase to the highest degree. --Bentham.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

maximize
    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]