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optimize

verb

/ˈɒp.tɪ.maɪz/

Meaning

To make the best or most effective use of a situation, opportunity, or resource.

Make the best or most effective use of a situation, opportunity, or resource.

The company is working to optimize its supply chain.

They optimized the software for faster performance.

enhance, maximize, improve, refine

Entry 1

enhance, maximize, improve, refine

Entry 2

enhance, improve, refine

neglect, mismanage, diminish, worsen, degrade

Entry 1

neglect, mismanage, diminish

Entry 2

worsen, degrade, diminish

to move or travel toward or into a place thought of as near or familiar

to make a doubt, feeling, or belief disappear

To cause or initiate something to happen

to disturb or disconcert someone; to cause to feel unsettled

To give or add something, especially to help achieve or provide something.

To agree to do or begin to do something important or difficult.