max

/mæks/

name 4noun 3verb 2adj 1adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

clever

The clever design of the new app reached its max potential within just a few months.

VERB + MAX

drank, power, said, transfers, works

He drank max three cups of coffee every morning before work.

MAX + NOUN

c, catherine, charley, chatfield, ethiopia, julia, julie, lee

Max Charley helped us fix the broken fence last weekend.

PREP.

in, into, with, with

He maxed out his credit card with expensive online shopping last month.

ADV.

quickly, really, then

I maxed out my credit card really quickly while shopping online.

Definitions

adj

Maximum; maximal.

adv

at the most; maximum.

Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

noun

Clipping of maximum.

An extreme, a great extent.

He pushed himself to the max.

Gin.

Oh! for a glass of max!

'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

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Synonyms

noun — street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

to the max

To a great degree or extent; very.

Example Bank

Four days max, then, to get them to safety.

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He pushed himself to the max.

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Oh! for a glass of max!

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'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]

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He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.

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She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, max is marked as informal, obsolete, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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