max

max

1. (mathematics) maximum

Abbreviation of maximum.

• IPA^(key): /mæks/

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• Rhymes: -æks

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) Maximum; maximal.

• maxi

• max Q

max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)

1. (informal) Clipping of maximum.
2. (informal) An extreme, a great extent.

   He pushed himself to the max.

3. (obsolete, slang) Gin.
   • c. 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan

     Oh! for a glass of max!

   • 1861, The Old Roman Well (page 243)

     'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

• min

max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)

1. (usually with out) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.

   He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.

   She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.

• max out

• XMA, ǀXam

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC mˠa^X). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

• IPA^(key): /ma˧˩/

max

1. horse

• max.

Internationalism (compare English max, Latin max.).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑks/, [ˈmɑks̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑks
• Syllabification^(key): max

max (not comparable)

1. (in writing or colloquial) at most, max

   Siinä menee max vartti.

   It will be fifteen minutes, max.

   Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan

• IPA^(key): /maks/

max

1. (archaic) most
   • 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:

     Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]

     According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]

• maxim

max (invariable)

1. Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).

max m

1. inflection of mal:
   1. oblique plural
   2. nominative singular

max

1. max

   till max

   to the max

• maxa

max c

1. (card games) a max bet

max (not comparable)

1. max

   Du får max äta tre kakor

   You're allowed to eat three cookies, max

   Synonym: maximalt

• max in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• max in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• max in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

max f

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC mˠa^X). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ma˦˨/
• Tone numbers: ma⁴
• Hyphenation: max

max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 馬 or 马 or 獁 or 𮜃, 1957–1982 spelling maч)

1. horse