Meaning

2 senses

  1. To invest heavily into one skill or ability, to the end of maximizing some beneficial effect.

  2. To find the optimum play, or decision, to achieve minimizing the maximum loss.

Origin

Blend of mini(mum) + max(imum).

Blend of mini(mum) + max(imum).

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Forms

minimaxes, minimaxing, minimaxed, minimaxed
Base formminimax · to minimax
3rd person singularminimaxes
Present participleminimaxing
Past simpleminimaxed
Past participleminimaxed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyminimax
he, she, itminimaxes

Past simpleLesson

all personsminimaxed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave minimaxed
he, she, ithas minimaxed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill minimax

Word family

1 related words
Relatedmaximin

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
minimalminimalistminimizeB1minimumB1mining
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