max

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 15.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol maximum
2. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for North Moluccan Malay.
3. adjective Maximum; maximal.

   Turn up the volume to get the max effect.

4. adverb at the most; maximum.

   We will be offered $200 max.

5. noun Clipping of maximum.

   I could lend you $100, but that's my max.

6. noun An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

7. noun Gin.
8. verb To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.

Similar words

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Often followed by

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Word family

maxes maximisation maximise maximised maximises maximising maximization maximize maximized maximizes