optimize
verb (used with object)
to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
optimized
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past participleof optimize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof optimize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
optimizeverb (used with object)to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.
Example Sentences
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A key issue, the lack of apps optimized for the two-screen interior, should be addressed by top developers quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Although the nightjar is built to handle long migrations, its wings are not perfectly optimized for efficient flight at higher speeds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Using their optimized conditions, they successfully synthesized lactones from 18 different ketone compounds.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
This is the problem with imagining hospitality as another task that can be optimized.
From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2026
The members decided to fund two machines of different sizes, each optimized to produce different particles; the only question left was which lab would build which machine.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
