OPTIMIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does optimize mean? 

• OPTIMIZE (verb)
  The verb OPTIMIZE has 3 senses:

1. make optimal; get the most out of; use best

2. modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

3. act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world

  Familiarity information: OPTIMIZE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPTIMIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they optimize    ... he / she / it optimizes   
Past simple: optimized   
Past participle: optimized   
-ing form: optimizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make optimal; get the most out of; use best

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

optimise; optimize

Context example:

optimize your resources

Hypernyms (to "optimize" is one way to...):

hone; perfect (make perfect or complete)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

optimization (the act of rendering optimal)

optimum (most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

optimise; optimize

Context example:

optimize a computer program

Hypernyms (to "optimize" is one way to...):

modify (make less severe or harsh or extreme)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

optimization (the act of rendering optimal)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

optimise; optimize

Hypernyms (to "optimize" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

 Context examples 

However, these insights may one day help clinicians improve immunotherapy for cancers and other diseases by optimizing nutrition.

(Memory T cells shelter in bone marrow, boosting immunity in mice with restricted diets, National Institutes of Health)

The researchers then focused on optimizing the structure of the most potent molecule, which strongly activated the Gi pathway but had little effect on beta-arrestin.

(Designing more effective opioids, NIH)

A human, Fc optimized, monoclonal antibody directed against the protein ligand PD-L1 (programmed cell death-1 ligand 1) with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-PD-L1 Monoclonal Antibody MPDL3280A, NCI Thesaurus)

A Fc-domain optimized IgG monoclonal antibody directed against the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) with potential immunomodulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Anti-HER2 Monoclonal Antibody MGAH22, NCI Thesaurus)

RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics.

(Cache, NCI Thesaurus)

Lysosomes are subcellular structures that play roles in optimizing nutrition and fighting infections and now, with these findings, in skin pigmentation.

(New regions of the human genome linked to skin color variation in some African populations, National Institutes of Health)

The CBRG also supports the development of databases and informatics systems to optimize tracking and assessment of biomarker utility and expression patterns.

(Cancer Biomarkers Research Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Defined as thin section (1-2 mm collimation) CT optimized by using a high-spatial-frequency (bone) algorithm.

(High Resolution Computed Tomography, NCI Thesaurus)

Found in vitamins and mineral supplements, Chromium may be necessary for utilization of dietary sugars and carbohydrates by optimizing the effects of insulin.

(Chromium Picolinate, NCI Thesaurus)

The expressed CEA, a tumor associated antigen, can be detected in serum and used as a sensitive marker to monitor viral gene expression in order to easily optimize individual therapy.

(Carcinoembryonic Antigen-Expressing Measles Virus, NCI Thesaurus)