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- Dictionarymaximum/ˈmaksɪməm/
adjective
- 1. as great, high, or intense as possible or permitted: "the vehicle's maximum speed"
noun
- 1. the greatest amount, extent, or intensity possible, permitted, or recorded: "the school takes a maximum of 32 pupils"
adverb
- 1. at the most: "the table has a length of 4 feet maximum"
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B1. being the largest amount or number allowed or possible: maximum speed / effort / temperature. The bomb was designed to cause the maximum amount of damage. Synonym. maximal specialized. Opposite. minimum. Fewer examples. The judge made an example of him and gave him the maximum possible sentence.
1. a. : the greatest quantity or value attainable or attained. b. : the period of highest, greatest, or utmost development. 2. : an upper limit allowed (as by a legal authority) or allowable (as by the circumstances of a particular case) 3. : the largest of a set of numbers.
MAXIMUM meaning: 1. being the largest amount or number allowed or possible: 2. the largest amount allowed or…. Learn more.
Maximum definition: the greatest quantity or amount possible, assignable, allowable, etc.. See examples of MAXIMUM used in a sentence.
You use maximum to describe an amount which is the largest that is possible, allowed, or required. Under planning law the maximum height for a fence or hedge is 2 metres. China headed the table with maximum points.
MAXIMUM definition: 1. The maximum amount of something is the largest amount that is allowed or possible: 2. the…. Learn more.
1. a. The greatest possible quantity or degree. b. The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation. c. The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained. 2. An upper limit permitted by law or other authority. 3. Astronomy. a. The moment when a variable star is most brilliant. b.
/ˈmæksɪməm/ [only before noun] (abbreviation max) as large, fast, etc. as is possible, or the most that is possible or allowed. the maximum amount/number of something. Turn it right up to the maximum volume. The trains travel at a maximum speed of 100 mph. It was the highest maximum temperature ever recorded in the region.
the greatest amount, size, speed, etc. that is possible, recorded or allowed. a maximum of 30 children in a class. The July maximum (= the highest temperature recorded in July) was 30°C.
Both a noun and an adjective, maximum takes it to the max: it means the most, the fastest, the biggest. "The most you can have is the maximum ": that's the noun. In "the maximum amount is the most you can have," it's used as an adjective.
