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

Derived forms: optimized, optimizes, optimizing

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

Nearest

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