Max Definition
măks
maxed, maxes, maxing
noun
Webster's New World
A masculine name: fem. Maxine.
Webster's New World
An extreme, a great extent.
He pushed himself to the max.
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Synonyms:
- easy-lay
- Georgia home boy
- goop
- grievous-bodily-harm
- liquid ecstasy
- scoop
- soap
pronoun
A male given name.
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adjective
Maximal.
American Heritage
adverb
Maximally.
We'll pay $250 max.
American Heritage
verb
To cause to reach the maximum or limit.
A company that maxed out its line of credit.
Webster's New World
To reach the maximum, or limit.
Classroom capacity maxes out at 30
Webster's New World
To reach a point from which no additional growth, improvement, or benefit is possible.
The salary for this position maxes at $65,000.
American Heritage
To exhaust or use up (a resource, capacity, etc.)
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Maximum.
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suffix
Denotes maximum dimensions of a vessel that can travel through the given canal.
idiom
to the max
- to the greatest possible degree
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Max
Origin of Max
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Borrowed from the German diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.
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Abbreviation of maximum
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