optimize

Other spellings

• (UK) optimise

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

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Verb

Plain form optimize

Third-person singular optimizes

Past tense optimized

Past participle optimized

Present participle optimizing

1. If you optimize something, you make it the best that it can be, or the most efficient that it can be.

   My job is to optimize the software code.

   The company aimed to optimize its manufacturing process by implementing new automation technologies.

Related words

• optimal