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max¹

  • /mæks/

Rhymes with -æks

Where it comes from

Abbreviation of maximum.

adjective

  1. informal, not comparable Maximum; maximal.

adverb

  1. informal, not comparable at the most; maximum. Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

noun maxes

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, informal, uncountable Clipping of maximum.maximum
  2. countable, informal, uncountable An extreme, a great extent. He pushed himself to the max.
  3. countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable Gin. Oh! for a glass of max!

verb maxes · maxing · maxed

  1. usually To reach the limit; to reach the maximum. He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
  2. especially, informal To relax.

Max²

  • /mæks/

Rhymes with -æks

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Max, diminutive of Maximilian in the 19th century, later also used as a nickname for Maxwell.

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Latin. Since it seems to me that this fad of child-rearing has turned into an actual trend, that babies are an increasingly popular accessory for people-on-the-go, I first want to say to stop naming your boys Max. Max is a perfectly nice name, ensuring its owner a certain precocious sensibility, but there
  2. A diminutive of the male given names Maximilian and Maxwell. Hamtramck is described in the resolution as “one of the most diverse cities in the United States.” The city has a large immigrant presence and all the city council members are of the Muslim faith, city manager Max Garbarino told CNN Thursday. Hamtramck was also the first known city in the US to inau
  3. A diminutive of the female given name Maxine.

MAX³

Where it comes from

Ellipsis of 737 MAX.

proper noun

  1. The Boeing 737 MAX airliner.

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