maxes
SayMAKS-iz/ˈmæksɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of max.
The old heater maxes out at seventy degrees, so the room never gets truly warm.
When traffic to the site maxes out, new visitors see an error page.
Note
After x the ending is -es, as box gives boxes, so he maxes, she maxes. Paired with out, it means hitting a ceiling: a heater maxes out at seventy degrees, a website maxes out under heavy traffic. The verb grows from max as a clipping of maximum, and the same spelling is the plural of that informal noun, so the words around it show which is meant.
maxes is a form of max
max, verb: To reach the limit or the highest possible level, usually followed by out. Full entry
- Spelling
- max → maxes: add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪz/, an extra syllable.
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