optimize

English

Alternative forms

• optimise (UK)

Etymology

(1844) Back-formation from optimist.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɔptɪmɑɪz/, SAMPA: /OptImaIz/

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Verb

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.

Related terms

• optimal
• optimism
• optimist
• optimum

Synonyms

• (to make optimal): perfect
• (to make more efficient): enhance, hone, improve, perfect

Translations

to act optimistically

Dutch: optimistisch zijn/handelen

French: agir en optimiste

To make (something) optimal

Czech: optimalizovat (cs) Danish: optimere (da) Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), perfectioneren (nl) Finnish: optimoida (fi) French: optimiser (fr)

German: optimieren (de) Italian: ottimizzare (it) Polish: optymalizować Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es) Swedish: optimera (sv)

To make (something) more efficient

Czech: optimalizovat (cs) Danish: optimere (da) Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl) Finnish: optimoida (fi), tehostaa (fi) French: optimiser (fr)

German: optimieren (de) Italian: ottimizzare (it) Polish: optymizować Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es) Swedish: optimera (sv)

To become optimal

Danish: optimere (da) Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl)

Finnish: optimoida (fi) French: s'optimiser (reflexive)

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German: optimieren Swedish: optimera (sv) Portuguese: otimizar Spanish: optimizar