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optimize
optimise
verb optimized, optimizing
    1. To make the most or best of (a particular situation or opportunity, etc).
    2. To make the most efficient use of something, especially by analysing and planning.
    intr
    3. To be optimistic or act optimistically.
    intr
    4. To become optimal.
    5. computing.
      To prepare or modify (a computer system or program) so as to achieve the greatest possible efficiency.
Derivative: optimization
noun
    Etymology: 19c.



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