maximizeverb [ T ]
UK usually maximise uk/ˈmæk.sɪ.maɪz/us/ˈmæk.sə.maɪz/C2 to make something as great in amount, size, or importance as possible:
Some airlines have cancelled less popular routes in an effort to maximize profits.
to make something larger on a computer screen:
Maximize the window by clicking in the corner.
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Increasing and intensifying
- -ify
- a snowball effect idiom
- accretion
- accumulate
- accumulative
- add fuel to the fire idiom
- balloon
- bump
- dial
- growing
- heighten
- hot up
- increase
- pile
- rack
- speed-up
- spurt
- step
- step sth up
- supersize
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maximization
noun [ U ] UK usually maximisation uk/ˌmæk.sɪ.maɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmæk.sə.məˈzeɪ.ʃən/