Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The maximum: The car can seat five adults, but that's the max.
- adj. Maximal.
- adv. Maximally: We'll pay $250 max.
- v. To reach one's limit, as of endurance or capability: The weightlifter maxed out at 180 kilograms.
- v. To reach a point from which no additional growth, improvement, or benefit is possible: The salary for this position maxes at $45,000.
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- Abbreviation of maximum (Wiktionary)
Examples
“$max is the max number of thumbs you want to be shown, by default this is set to 4 and in DESC order (from new to old)”
“Yes | No | Report from naten wrote 3 days 21 hours ago my max is about 35 and i would never would take that kind of shot unless i was aboslutely positive i would make a good shot and the only problem i see with that is that by the time your arrow gets there the deer could hav e heard your bow and started to split”
“For my studies at University I would need around 10min max on the internet to download all my lecture notes/tutorial homework/readings.”
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“However the theme looks stupid if you order them min max close, because max has a rounded left corner.”
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“We were told that the maximum range was 2,000 yards, although the official max is given as 1,530.”
“Glycine max is the Latin name for the soybean, which was descended from another wild bean, Glycine soja.”
“PSE spyder bow for sale comes with: bow 26-27 inch draw, 5 arrows, and a whisker biscuit the bows draw max is 43 pounds and minimum is about 25 excepting offers around 120 (buy after christmas)”
“PSE spyder bow for sale comes with: bow 26-27 inch draw, 5 arrows, and a whisker biscuit the bows draw max is 43 pounds and mini | Field & Stream”
“But, my max is probably 30-35 unless conditions are perfect. (wind, clear shot, broadside, ect.)”
“Speaking of which, I have noticed some extreme spreads in max load data from various manuals for the same bullet wt/powder.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘max’.
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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Common English Words That Are Also Fi...
art, bob, bill, grace, hope, john, heather, pat, amber, jack, dale, glen and 170 more...
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3-letter Scrabble Words
aah, aal, aas, aba, abo, abs, aby, ace, act, add, ado, ads and 995 more...
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3 Letter Words
A list of English words that are three letters long.
ace, act, ade, ado, add, ads, age, ago, ail, air, aim, all and 397 more...
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Roots
act, aer, ambul, ami, amo, anim, ann, enn, arch, rcha, rchae, archi and 139 more...
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• This is the story of the Hurriclone
Also known as Yes, we hurricane.
A collective effort to list all first names that are also hurricane/cyclone/tropical storm names.
The only rules are
1) double-check...katrina, camille, rita, klaus, beulah, isabel, betsy, carol, hazel, connie, diane, ione and 85 more...
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Xcessive
Valid 3-letter words with an x. Also, longer words with more than one x in them.
wax, fix, tux, box, sex, max, six, aux, pox, hex, tax, mix and 78 more...
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X Marks the Spot
Words ending in "x" (except proper nouns and trademarks)
ax, ex, ox, soapbox, smallpox, six, sex, sax, rex, pressbox, climax, chickenpox and 208 more...
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Fun with Apocopes
Words created by removing the end of a longer or original word. See also Fun with Aphesis.
abs, ad, bio, veg, veggie, tux, auto, bike, carbs, pecs, bro, sis and 186 more...
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3LW
3 letter words, not the girl band.
boggle and speed scrabble would not be half as fun without them.aah, boa, dot, fun, ick, log, oca, pyx, sos, was, aal, bob and 342 more...
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.names
remy, rolf, theobald, jerrick, dray, theade, torfin, roderick, eleazer, keller, leif, melrick and 149 more...
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Pigs on Parade
pig-words: including, but not limited to, famous pigs in film and fiction, historical pigs of note, pig breeds, and assorted porcine terms
babe, the empress of bl..., freddy the pig, piglet, miss piggy, old major, snowball, napoleon, squealer, wilbur, porky pig, petunia pig and 89 more...
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the hotlist
short, sweet, epic, catchy, sassy, sexy & sizzling.
( personal list, randomness )
more:
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/...zing, epic, win, fail, hot, warp, times, clip, onyx, wonky, pwn, leet and 1493 more...
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three
names i like and stuff like that.
julian, mabel, oscar, sofia, claudia, antwone, indigo, walter, saffron, poppy, ingrid, astrid and 57 more...
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"X" Words
Scrabble List
axe, box, cox, dex, fax, fix, fox, gox, hex, kex, lax, lex and 77 more...
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Stuffie: Get to the Point
Things you go or get to--with "the" (not to be confused with jennarenn's "get" stuffie. :-)
bone, contrary, fore, point, nines, full, gills, highest degree, nth degree, truth, hilt, minute and 23 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for max.
sionnach Street name for George Clooney's beloved potbellied pig. Jan 26, 2008