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max en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) Maximum; maximal.

Deriveds

max-level · supermax · max Q · supramax · infomax

Synonyms

maxi

Translations (4)

pl maks (abbreviation for maximum) · fr max (abbreviation for maximum) · sv max (abbreviation for maximum) · ru макс. (abbreviation for maximum)

max en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Meanings

  1. (informal, not-comparable) at the most; maximum.
    • Four days max, then, to get them to safety. 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:

max en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable) Clipping of maximum.
    alt of maximum
  2. (countable, informal, uncountable) An extreme, a great extent.
    • He pushed himself to the max.
  3. (countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable) Gin.
    • 'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […] 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243:
    • Oh! for a glass of max! 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
maxes Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

min

Source: en.wiktionary, “max” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

max en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Abbreviation of maximum.

Meanings

  1. (usually, with out) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
    • She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
    • He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
  2. (especially, in present particple, informal) To relax.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
maxed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maxed Tense=Past lexicographic
maxing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
maxes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

alpha max (terms derived from all parts of speech) · Q-max (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max chrysanthemum (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max-Q (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max fac (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max-min fairness (terms derived from all parts of speech) · pro max (terms derived from all parts of speech) · devo max (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max out (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max facs (terms derived from all parts of speech) · max q (terms derived from all parts of speech) · to the max (terms derived from all parts of speech) · min-max (terms derived from all parts of speech)