# max

Pronunciation: say "MAKS" /mæks/

## Noun

1. Short for maximum. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of maximum.
   - Simple: Short for maximum. People use it in casual talk for the highest amount or limit.
   - _The oven's max is 500 degrees, which isn't hot enough for this pizza._
   - _The function reaches its max at x = 2 and falls off on either side._
5. An extreme or a great extent, usually in the phrase to the max. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: A very great amount or the furthest point, often in the words to the max.
   - _The team trained to the max all summer, and it showed in the first game._
   - _They decorated the house to the max for Halloween, with lights in every window._

## Verb

2. To reach the limit or the highest possible level, usually followed by out.
   - Simple: To reach the highest level or limit, usually said as max out.
   - _Don't max out your credit card on things you don't really need._
   - _Engine power maxes out just before the needle hits the red line._
6. To relax; to take it easy. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: To relax and take it easy.
   - _We spent the whole weekend maxing by the pool with our phones switched off._
   - _After finals, all I want to do is chill, max, and relax for a week._

## Adverb

3. At the most; placed after an amount to set an upper limit on it. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: At the most, said after a number to show the highest amount.
   - _The drive to the airport takes forty minutes, max, if traffic is light._
   - _We can spend two hundred dollars max on the party._

## Adjective

4. Greatest or highest possible; maximum. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: The biggest or highest possible.
   - _The ride was running at max speed when the power went out._
   - _Set the blender to max power and blend for thirty seconds._

## Noun

7. Gin, the alcoholic spirit. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Gin, a strong alcoholic drink.
   - _The coachman warmed himself with a glass of max before the long night drive._
   - _They sat by the fire drinking hot max and water until the candles burned down._

## Origin

An abbreviation of maximum.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/max (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).