optimize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- optimise (UK)
Etymology[edit]
(1844) Back-formation from optimist.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/
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Verb[edit]
optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)
- (originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
- (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
- (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
- (intransitive) To become optimal.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to act optimistically
to make (something) optimal
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to make (something) more efficient
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to become optimal
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Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
optimize
- inflection of optimizar: