maximums
- 1Plural of maximum.
Summer temperature maximums climbed steadily over the past decade.
The contract sets separate maximums for travel and lodging expenses.
Note
English gives maximum two plurals, and this is the homegrown one. Maximums is the usual choice in everyday writing about limits: caps on expenses, temperature records, a snooker player's 147 breaks or a darts player's 180s. The Latin plural maxima tends to take over in mathematics and science, where the local and global maxima of a function is the standard phrasing. Match the plural to the register of the sentence.
maximums is a form of maximum
maximum, noun: The highest limit; the greatest amount, number, or degree that can be reached or allowed. Full entry
- Spelling
- maximum → maximums: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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