maximum

Academic Word List, sublist 3.

About 49.40 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The highest limit.
2. noun The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
3. noun An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
4. noun The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.
5. noun A 147 break; the highest possible break.
6. noun A score of 180 with three darts.
7. noun A scoring shot for 6 runs.
8. noun maximum security

Similar words

maximal uttermost utmost level best outside supreme peak top upper limit greatest

Often followed by

of value number and amount likelihood at in possible

Word family

max maxima maximisation maximise maximised maximises maximising maximization maximize maximized