Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make as perfect or effective as possible.
- transitive verb Computers To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions.
- transitive verb To make the most of.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To hold or express the doctrines or belief of an optimist.
- To take the most hopeful view of a matter; hold or maintain hopeful views habitually.
- Also spelled
optimise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make as useful, effective, or functional as possible.
- transitive verb To get the most out of; to use to the best effect; to exploit fully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb originally (
intransitive ) To actoptimistically or as anoptimist . - verb transitive To make (something)
optimal . - verb transitive To make (something) more
efficient , such as acomputer program . - verb intransitive To become
optimal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
- verb make optimal; get the most out of; use best
- verb act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
Etymologies
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Examples
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So we track each asset, we manage it to what I call optimize that asset, and we'll pace the sales rate and margin to the investment for what makes us the most money and the best returns.
unknown title 2011
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Being forced to troubleshoot & optimize is the means to the end - the better protocol.
Standing Alone in My Methods Candid Engineer 2009
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Social Media Optimizer was a good way to explain what spammers do when they take social media applications and game them (optimize is a kind word).
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Science is embedded in an enframed mindset by which the Nietzschean impulse to optimize translates into the outcomes of science, technology.
Archive 2009-04-01 enowning 2009
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Again, it's both, Tony, that the way that we see the story unfolding as we move towards $2 million a store is that there's so much fixed cost in this business that if you can drive that top line, as you begin to -- I don't know that I love the word optimize, but it is a optimize the operating model.
unknown title 2011
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The default setting in both Google and Yahoo is "optimize" -- Google even goes so far as to term this the "recommended" setting.
Search Engine Optimization and Marketing News provided by Cumbrowski.com 2009
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The best way to optimize is to find out what is taking the most time and tune it, always checking that the effect was what you intended.
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One way to optimize is to update label text only when "mem/physical/free" data source is updated.
KDE TechBase - Recent changes [en] F3lip3 2010
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The true and fundamental appeal of the paleo approach is that we are attempting to operate pre-neolithic, i.e., in a manner our bodies and minds evolved to optimize, which is the role of natural selection.
Free the Animal 2009
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The true and fundamental appeal of the paleo approach is that we are attempting to operate pre-neolithic, i.e., in a manner our bodies and minds evolved to optimize, which is the role of natural selection.
Free the Animal 2009
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