Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Verb: optimise  'óp-tu,mIz
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: optimize)
  1. Make optimal; get the most out of; use best
    "optimise your resources";
    - optimize
     
  2. Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity, time or cost
    "optimise a computer program";
    - optimize
     
  3. Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
    - optimize

Derived forms: optimised, optimises, optimising

Type of: act, behave, do, hone, modify, perfect

Nearest

optical rotation
optical scanner
optical telegraph
optical telescope
optically
optician
optics
optimal
optimally
optimisation
optimise
optimism
optimist
optimistic
optimistically
optimization
optimize
optimum
option
optional
optionality