max

max

1. (mathematics) maximum

Abbreviation of maximum.

• IPA^(key): /mæks/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -æks

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) Maximum; maximal.

• maxi

max (not comparable)

1. (informal) at the most; maximum.
   • 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:

     Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

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.
   • 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):

     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.

2. (informal, especially in present particple) To relax.

• XMA, ǀXam

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). 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/, [ˈmɑ̝ks̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑks
• Syllabification^(key): max
• Hyphenation^(key): max

max (not comparable)

1. (in writing or colloquial) at most,

   Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan

   Siinä menee max vartti.

   It will be fifteen minutes, max.

• 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 n

1. alternative form of masċ

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

   Synonym: maximalt

   Du får max äta tre kakor

   You're allowed to eat three cookies, max

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

max

1. (Kuzarg) palm, palm tree

From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). 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