maximize

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 4.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To make as large as possible.

   I need to maximize performance.

2. verb 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.

Similar words

max maximum maximal optimum broaden optimal maximisation maximise optimizing enlarge

Often followed by

the their profits its your his profit utility a button

Word family

max maximisation maximise maximised maximises maximising maximization maximizations maximized maximizer