max
noun
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max
1 American
[maks]
/ mæks /
noun
maxes
plural
adjective
adverb
verb phrase
idioms
Max
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[maks]
/ mæks /
noun
MAX
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abbreviation
Trademark.
max.
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max
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British
/ mæks /
noun
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the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
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to the ultimate extent
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of max
By shortening
Example Sentences
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You can recite the climbing gospel by heart: Save more, max the match, don’t touch it, buy and hold.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 16, 2026
The truck will have an electric range of 200 miles and a max speed of 55 miles per hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2026
At Straight Wharf, the two-course pre-fixe menu is $90, but sit at the bar, and the seafood entrees max out at $40.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
"Then all allies, including the US, will max out what they can do to make sure we can fight the war," he said.
From Barron's ● Jun. 18, 2026
Of the seventy-one facilities in the state, only two had no waiting list at all: Bedford Hills, a women’s max in Westchester, and Sing Sing.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
The recovery came even as Alibaba previewed a new large-language model, Qwen3.8 Max, that it said was second only to Anthropic’s Fable 5, with 2.4 trillion parameters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
Tandy had changed his midfield with fly-half Dan Edwards replacing Sam Costelow and centres Ben Thomas and Max Llewellyn coming in for Joe Hawkins and Eddie James.
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
Max Arias, executive director of Local 99 of Service Employees International Union, focused on past projected shortfalls that did not result in catastrophe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Max Weinbach, analyst at Creative Strategies, told MarketWatch that K3 is a “good model” but that OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 Luna is “still better and still the cheapest one.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026
Because the figure was close enough now for Max to see its face.
From "The School for Whatnots" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
The FAA is close to giving Boeing’s 737 MAX 7 model final approval as soon as late July, The Wall Street Journal has reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
The FAA is close to giving Boeing’s 737 MAX 7 final approval as soon as late July, and Ortberg expects the MAX 10 to follow not long after that.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
For the 737 MAX 10, the largest version of the plane, flight tests were 98 percent complete while documentation of results and analysis is 30 percent complete.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Boeing has said it will obtain US certification in 2026 for the MAX 7 and MAX 10, and deliveries of the 777X will commence in 2027.
From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026
Armpit studied the knobs, then turned the air conditioner to MAX.
From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar
Jason's post, written alongside his brother Paul, said they will take comfort in "knowing that he lived life to the max. Knowing that in life it's either a daring adventure or nothing at all!"
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
"I work out so much, like, about one minute a day, max. If I'm lucky," Trump said before signing the proclamation in the Oval Office.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
“We have max. 1 wolf turn per routine now, but hear me out: max. 1 wolf turn per country,” suggested another.
From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2024
“I don’t think you saw either team truly get to its max. But some of that credit has to go to the opposition.”
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024
“He was an introvert to the max. I’m an introvert, and he was more of an introvert than me.”
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
The overtime deduction maxes out at $12,500 for individuals and $30,000 for married couples.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 15, 2026
Due to mainstream media coverage, he argued, “an idea can become potent through its rapid depiction in culture—including in articles such as this one, which maxes maxxing even as it attempts to minimize it, somewhat.”
From Salon ● Apr. 6, 2026
Though Florida’s Brightline train between Orlando and Miami isn’t a bullet train—it maxes out at Amtrak-like 125 mph—it’s been giving “higher speed” rail a bad rep.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
While premiums have gone up in recent years, and coverage maxes out at $250,000, the program still constitutes a security blanket on Florida’s Gulf Coast, where coverage rates are high.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2024
Overcrowding in the Department had led to the start of double-bunking in maxes a few months before.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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