optimize

English

Alternative forms

• optimise (UK)

Etymology

(1844) Back-formation from optimist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

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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.

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• optimal
• optimism
• optimist
• optimum

Translations

to act optimistically

• Bulgarian: оптимист съм (optimist sǎm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

• Dutch: optimistisch zijn/handelen
• French: agir en optimiste
• Galician: optimizar
• Spanish: optimizar (es)

to make (something) optimal

• Bulgarian: оптимизирам (optimiziram)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

• Czech: optimalizovat (cs)
• Danish: optimere
• Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), perfectioneren (nl)
• Finnish: optimoida (fi)
• French: optimiser (fr)
• German: optimieren (de)
• Hungarian: optimalizál (hu)
• Italian: ottimizzare (it)
• Maori: whakaarotau
• Polish: optymalizować
• Portuguese: otimizar (pt)
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es)
• Swedish: optimera (sv)

to make (something) more efficient

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

• Czech: optimalizovat (cs)
• Danish: optimere
• Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl)
• Finnish: optimoida (fi), tehostaa (fi)
• French: optimiser (fr)
• German: optimieren (de)
• Hungarian: optimalizál (hu)
• Italian: ottimizzare (it)
• Maori: arotau, whakaarotau
• Persian: بهینیدن‎ (fa)
• Polish: optymizować
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es)
• Swedish: optimera (sv)

to become optimal

• Bulgarian: оптимизирам се (optimiziram se)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

• Danish: optimere
• Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl)
• Finnish: optimoida (fi)
• French: s'optimiser (reflexive)
• Russian: оптимизи́роваться (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹsja)

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Translations to be checked

• German: optimieren (de)
• Portuguese: otimizar (pt)
• Swedish: optimera (sv)

Portuguese

Verb

optimize

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