max

max

1. (mathematics) maximum function

Abbreviation of maximum.

• IPA^(key): /mæks/

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• Rhymes: -æks

max (not comparable)

1. maximum; maximal.

• maxi

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

3. (archaic) A kind of gin.
   • 1861, The Old Roman Well (page 243)

     'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

• min

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

1. (usually with out) to reach the limit, to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca

• max out

• XMA, ǀXam

max

1. horse

• IPA^(key): /maks/

max

1. (archaic) most
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

• maxim

max

1. (short form of massimo) max

max m

1. inflection of mal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

max f

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

From Proto-Tai *maːᶜ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC mˠa^X). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (maa⁵), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (maa) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (maaa).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˦˨/
• Tone numbers: ma⁴
• Hyphenation: max

max (old orthography maч, Sawndip forms 馬, 马, 獁, 𮜃)

1. horse