optimize

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(1844) Back-formation from optimist.

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Infinitive
to optimize

Third person singular
optimizes

Simple past
optimized

Past participle
optimized

Present participle
optimizing

to optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)

  1. (originally) (intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
  2. (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
  3. (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
  4. (intransitive) To become optimal.

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to act optimistically
To make (something) optimal
To make (something) more efficient
To become optimal
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