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maximizing

verb
SayMAK-suh-my-zing/ˈmæksəmaɪzɪŋ/

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  1. 1
    verb
    Present participle and gerund of maximize.

    By maximizing efficiency, the team finished the project ahead of schedule.

    Investors are maximizing returns through careful diversification.

    Note

    A single -ing form does two grammatical jobs here. After a form of be it builds the progressive (investors are maximizing returns). After a preposition, or as a subject, it acts as a noun that still takes an object (by maximizing efficiency). Because maximize is transitive, the form nearly always names what is being enlarged. It also carries the computing sense, as in maximizing a window to fill the screen.

maximizing is a form of maximize

maximize, verb: To increase something to the greatest amount or extent possible. Full entry

Forms
maximizemaximizes he/she/itmaximizing -ing formmaximized past tense, past participle
Spelling
maximize → maximizing: drop the e, add -ing

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