Dictionary

maximize en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmæksəmaɪz/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Latin maximus + English -ize.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make as large as possible.
   • Strive to maximize your potential.
   • I need to maximize performance.
2. To expand (a window) to fill the main display area.
   • Since I only have one window open, I maximized the window so that the desktop is not visible.

Forms

Antonyms

minimize

Deriveds

unmaximized · -maxx · maximization · maximand · unmaximize · maximizer · maximizable

Relateds

max out

Translations (35)

ru развора́чивать (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · hy առավելացնել (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · hu maximalizál (to make as large as possible) · es maximizar (to make as large as possible) · sk maximalizovať (to make as large as possible) · ru увели́чивать максима́льно (to make as large as possible) · sv maximera (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · fi suurentaa (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · ko 최대화(最大化)하다 (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · pt maximizar (to make as large as possible) · af maksimeer (to make as large as possible) · mi whakamōrahi (to make as large as possible) · pl maksymalizować (to make as large as possible) · pl zmaksymalizować (to make as large as possible) · el μεγιστοποιώ (to make as large as possible) · ca maximitzar (to make as large as possible) · hy առավելագույնի հասցնել (to make as large as possible) · hu teljes méretűre állít (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · fr maximiser (to make as large as possible) · ja 最大化する (to make as large as possible) · cmn 最大化 (to make as large as possible) · ru разверну́ть (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · vi tối đa hóa (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · nl maximaliseren (to make as large as possible) · ca maximitzar (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · es extremar (to make as large as possible) · cmn 最大化 (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · ko 최대화(最大化)하다 (to make as large as possible) · ga uasmhéadaigh (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · ru максимизи́ровать (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · ja 最大化する (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing)) · cs maximalizovat (to make as large as possible) · fi maksimoida (to make as large as possible) · de maximieren (to make as large as possible) · mi whakamōrahi (to expand (a window) to fill the main display area (computing))