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max

1

[ maks ]

noun



adjective

adverb

verb phrase

    1. to reach a point at which no more improvement, profit, or benefit can occur; level off:

      In her last job she maxed out at $25,000 a year.

    2. to reach the limit of one's capacity, endurance, etc.:

      The sales department has maxed out and needs more personnel to call on new clients.

Max

2

[ maks ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of Maximilian.

MAX

3

abbreviation for

, Trademark.
  1. Cinemax: a cable television channel.

max.

4

abbreviation for

  1. maximum.

max

1

/ mæks /

noun

  1. the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
  2. to the max
    to the ultimate extent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


max.

2

abbreviation for

  1. maximum
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of max1

By shortening
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. to the max, to the greatest or furthest degree; totally:

    That book is disgusting to the max.

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Example Sentences

We fight over their ownership and control, as if reality were a resource as scarce as the water and oil in Mad Max.

Picasso and Guillaume can laugh through an entire night of suggestions, inventions, songs, games that Max plays with his face.

“Max in particular has been very smart about staying current and remaining a student of the craft,” Borchetta says.

“Max, [my] agent, make me rich,” she says, the crowd roaring.

Salmond had initially asked for a package of additional powers, known as “Devo max” to be included on the ballot paper.

A pupil of her father until his death, when she became a student under Gabriel Max, in Munich, for a year.

They sniffed once at the bar, but followed their stubbled chins into the back room at max acc.

Then Max Bray lit a cigar, and sat thinking over the events of the past few days, and of what he had done.

Max Bray arranged all future matters to his entire satisfaction, but again there were contingencies that he could not foresee.

There were three other passengers in the train this time; but a movement upon the part of Max Bray now troubled her.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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