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maximizing

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max·i·mize  (mks-mz)
tr.v. max·i·mized, max·i·miz·ing, max·i·miz·es
1. To increase or make as great as possible: "the ideal of maximizing opportunity through the equalizing of educational opportunity" (Robert J. Havighurst).
2. To assign the highest possible importance to.
3. Mathematics To find the largest value of (a function).
maxi·mi·zation (-m-zshn) n.
maxi·mizer n.
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Adj.1.maximizing - making as great as possible
maximising
increasing - becoming greater or larger; "increasing prices"


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