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# maximisation

noun (maximisation, uncountable); US spelling «maximization»

«maximisation» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Making something as big, high or great as possible: «the maximisation of profit». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#m1)
2. (maths) Finding the largest possible value of something under some rules. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths, maximisation problems ask, for example: what is the largest area of a field you can fence with 20 m of fence? (Answer: a 5 m by 5 m square gives 25 m².) In business and economics, «profit maximisation» means trying to earn as much money as possible. In science and engineering, people maximise efficiency or energy. It is a formal word. Opposite: «minimisation».

### Examples

- The maths puzzle was about maximisation of the rectangle's area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x1)
- Profit maximisation is the main goal of many companies. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x2)
- Maximisation of space helped fit all the books on the shelves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x3)
- The engineers worked on the maximisation of the battery's life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x4)
- In this game, maximisation of your score means collecting every coin. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x5)
- Maximisation and minimisation are two sides of optimisation. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x6)
- The farmer planned for maximisation of his crop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x7)
- A square gives maximisation of area for a fixed perimeter of a rectangle. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable. Formal. UK/Australia/NZ spelling «maximisation», US/Canada «maximization». Verb: maximise/maximize; adjective: maximum. In maths problems, maximisation means find the greatest value allowed by the rules (the constraints) – not infinity.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «maximisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/maximisation/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«maximisation» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/maximisation.html) on Mova free.