Meaning

8 senses
  1. The highest limit.

    Maximum, höchstmöglich

    ма́ксимумmáksimum

  2. The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.

    Maximum

    ма́ксимумmáksimum

  3. An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

  4. The largest value of a batch or sample or the upper bound of a probability distribution.

    ма́ксимумmáksimum

  5. A 147 break; the highest possible break.

    the greatest possible degree

  6. (colloquial)A score of 180 with three darts.

  7. (colloquial)A scoring shot for 6 runs.

  8. (colloquial)Maximum security

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Tom turned the volume to maximum.

    ruТом увеличил громкость на максимум.

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  2. Tom is in a maximum-security prison.

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  3. Tom got transferred to a maximum security prison.

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  4. That's the maximum.

    ruЭто максимум.

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  5. Note that the maximum doesn't always exist.

    Зверніть увагу, що максимум не завжди існує.

    ruОбратите внимание, что максимум не всегда существует.

    deBeachten Sie, dass das Maximum nicht immer existiert.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
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highest limit:

Origin

Via French from Latin maximum.

Via French from Latin maximum.

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Forms

plural: maxima / maximums
Singularmaximum
Pluralmaxima / maximums

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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