optimize

English

Alternative forms

optimise (UK)

Etymology

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/
Audio (US): (file)

Verb

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

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

optimize out

Related terms

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
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
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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Translations to be checked

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

Portuguese

Verb

optimize

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