optimize

English

Alternative forms

• optimise (UK)

Etymology

(1844) Back-formation from optimist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

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Verb

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

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

to make (something) optimal

• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: optimalizál (hu)
• Italian: ottimizzare (it)
• Maori: arotau, whakaarotau
• Polish: optymizować
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹ)
• Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es)
• Swedish: optimera (sv)

to become optimal

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà)

• Danish: optimere
• Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Swedish: optimera (sv)

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