max
[ maks ]
/ mæks /
Verb Phrases
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.
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Idioms about max
to the max, to the greatest or furthest degree; totally: That book is disgusting to the max.
Origin of max
By shortening
Other definitions for max (2 of 4)
Max
[ maks ]
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Other definitions for max (3 of 4)
abbreviation Trademark.
Cinemax: a cable television channel.
Other definitions for max (4 of 4)
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Words related to max
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climax How to use max in a sentence
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.
British Dictionary definitions for max (1 of 2)
noun informal
the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
to the max to the ultimate extent
British Dictionary definitions for max (2 of 2)
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