optimize

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Pronunciation

• (America) IPA: /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

Verb

optimize (optimizes, present participle optimizing; past and past participle optimized)

1. (originally, intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
2. (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
3. (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
4. (intransitive) To become optimal.

Synonyms

• (to make optimal) perfect
• (to make more efficient) enhance, hone, improve, perfect

Related terms

• optimal
• optimism
• optimist
• optimum

Translations

• Spanish: optimizar

Translations

• French: optimiser
• German: optimieren
• Italian: ottimizzare
• Portuguese: otimizar
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать
• Spanish: optimar, optimizar

Translations

• French: optimiser
• German: optimieren
• Italian: ottimizzare
• Russian: оптимизи́ровать
• Spanish: optimar, optimizar

Translations

• Russian: оптимизи́роваться

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