from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive verb To make as perfect or effective as possible.
transitive verb Computers To increase the computing speed and efficiency of (a program), as by rewriting instructions.
transitive verb To make the most of.
from The Century Dictionary.
To hold or express the doctrines or belief of an optimist.
To take the most hopeful view of a matter; hold or maintain hopeful views habitually.
Also spelled optimise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
transitive verb To make as useful, effective, or functional as possible.
transitive verb To get the most out of; to use to the best effect; to exploit fully.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb originally (intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
verb transitive To make (something) optimal.
verb transitive To make (something) more efficient, such as a computerprogram.
verb intransitive To become optimal.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
verb modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost
verb make optimal; get the most out of; use best
verb act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
Etymologies
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(1844) Back-formation from optimist.
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So we track each asset, we manage it to what I call optimize that asset, and we'll pace the sales rate and margin to the investment for what makes us the most money and the best returns.
Again, it's both, Tony, that the way that we see the story unfolding as we move towards $2 million a store is that there's so much fixed cost in this business that if you can drive that top line, as you begin to -- I don't know that I love the word optimize, but it is a optimize the operating model.
The true and fundamental appeal of the paleo approach is that we are attempting to operate pre-neolithic, i.e., in a manner our bodies and minds evolved to optimize, which is the role of natural selection.
The true and fundamental appeal of the paleo approach is that we are attempting to operate pre-neolithic, i.e., in a manner our bodies and minds evolved to optimize, which is the role of natural selection.
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