max

[ maks ]
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noun
adjective
adverb
Verb Phrases
  1. max out,

    • 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.

    • 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.

Idioms about max

  1. to the max, to the greatest or furthest degree; totally: That book is disgusting to the max.

Origin of max

1
By shortening

Other definitions for Max (2 of 4)

Max
[ maks ]

noun
  1. a male given name, form of Maximilian.

Other definitions for MAX (3 of 4)

MAX

abbreviationTrademark.
  1. Cinemax: a cable television channel.

Other definitions for max. (4 of 4)

max.

abbreviation
  1. maximum.

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How to use max in a sentence

  • 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.

    Fee of the Frontier | Horace Brown Fyfe
  • Then max Bray lit a cigar, and sat thinking over the events of the past few days, and of what he had done.

    By Birth a Lady | George Manville Fenn
  • max Bray arranged all future matters to his entire satisfaction, but again there were contingencies that he could not foresee.

    By Birth a Lady | George Manville Fenn
  • There were three other passengers in the train this time; but a movement upon the part of max Bray now troubled her.

    By Birth a Lady | George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for max (1 of 2)

max

/ (mæks) /


nouninformal
  1. the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing

  2. to the max to the ultimate extent

British Dictionary definitions for max. (2 of 2)

max.

abbreviation for
  1. maximum

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