optimize

English

WOTD – 9 December 2006

Alternative forms

• optimise (UK)

Etymology

(1844) Back-formation from optimist.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

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Verb

optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)

1. (originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
2. (transitive) To make (something) optimal.
3. (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
4. (intransitive) To become optimal.

Synonyms

• (to make optimal): perfect
• (to make more efficient): enhance, hone, improve, perfect

Derived terms

• optimize out

Related terms

• optimal
• optimism
• optimist
• optimum

Translations

to act optimistically

Bulgarian: оптимист съм (optimist sǎm) Chinese: Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà) Dutch: optimistisch zijn/handelen French: agir en optimiste Galician: optimizar Spanish: optimizar (es)

to make (something) optimal

Bulgarian: оптимизирам (optimiziram) Chinese: Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà) Czech: optimalizovat (cs) Danish: optimere Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), perfectioneren (nl) Finnish: optimoida (fi) French: optimiser (fr) Galician: optimizar German: optimieren (de) Greek: βελτιστοποιώ (el) (veltistopoió) Hungarian: optimalizál (hu) Italian: ottimizzare (it) Maori: whakaarotau, whakamarohi Polish: optymalizować Portuguese: otimizar (pt) Romanian: optimiza (ro) Russian: оптимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹ) Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es) Swedish: optimera (sv) Ukrainian: оптимізува́ти impf or pf (optymizuváty)

to make (something) more efficient

Chinese: Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà) Czech: optimalizovat (cs) Danish: optimere Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl) Finnish: optimoida (fi), tehostaa (fi) French: optimiser (fr) German: optimieren (de) Hungarian: optimalizál (hu) Italian: ottimizzare (it) Maori: arotau, whakaarotau, whakamarohi Persian: بهینیدن Polish: optymizować Romanian: optimiza (ro) Russian: оптимизи́ровать (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹ) Spanish: optimar (es), optimizar (es), eficientar (es) (Central America), eficientizar (es) (Latin America) Swedish: optimera (sv)

to become optimal

Bulgarian: оптимизирам се (optimiziram se) Chinese: Mandarin: 优化 (zh) (yōuhuà) Danish: optimere Dutch: optimaliseren (nl), verbeteren (nl) Finnish: optimoida (fi) French: s'optimiser (reflexive) Russian: оптимизи́роваться (ru) impf or pf (optimizírovatʹsja)

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German: optimieren (de) Portuguese: otimizar (pt) Swedish: optimera (sv)

Portuguese

Verb

optimize

1. inflection of optimizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative