maximize

English

Alternative forms

• maximise

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæksəmaɪz/

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Verb

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

1. to make as large as possible
2. (computing, graphical user interface) to expand (a window) to fill the main display area

Antonyms

• minimize

Derived terms

• -maxx

Translations

to make as large as possible

• Armenian: առավելագույնի հասցնել (aṙavelaguyni hascʻnel)
• Catalan: maximitzar (ca)
• Czech: maximalizovat
• Dutch: maximaliseren (nl)
• Finnish: maksimoida (fi)
• French: maximiser (fr)
• German: maximieren (de)
• Greek: μεγιστοποιώ (el) (megistopoió)
• Maori: whakamōrahi
• Polish: maksymalizować 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)
• Irish: uasmhéadaigh
• Japanese: 最大化する (さいだいかする, saidaika suru)
• Maori: whakamōrahi
• Russian: развора́чивать (ru) impf (razvoráčivatʹ), разверну́ть (ru) pf (razvernútʹ), максимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (maksimizírovatʹ)
• Swedish: maximera (sv)
• Vietnamese: tối đa hóa

Portuguese

Verb

maximize

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