optimise

Other spellings

• (US) optimize

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/

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Verb

Plain form optimise

Third-person singular optimises

Past tense optimised

Past participle optimised

Present participle optimising

1. If you optimise something, you make it the best that it can be, or the most efficient that it can be.

   My job is to optimise the software code.

Related words

• optimal