max
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4.3
- noun
- /mæks/
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máximo
- I'll get paid one hundred dollars max for each case, and they should be closed within two months.
- min and max
- max value
- VO2 max
He allowed me the maximum he could give a funny guy, right?
- He allowed me the maximum he could give a funny guy, right?
- No, but the, the the combine was a three Rep Max back squat.
Examples
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Took maybe 10, 15 minutes max.
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Five stars is the max.
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But we only got enough fuel for maybe five, six minutes max.
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The highest you went on the roller coaster is the absolute Max, right?
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We thought so too, which is why we placed him on the max-dose drug regimen for valley fever.
Fiction book (2001) -
Then tune all your radios to the baddest street garage station and crank up the volume to the max.
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The max of participants allowed in the event is one hundred.
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Her performance reached the max of her potential last night.
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To avoid congestion, the max number of cars allowed in the lot is fifty.
Synonyms
∞
2.1
The highest position in a job or field
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1.0
The greatest amount or number allowed
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2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
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3.7
An upper limit on the amount or number allowed
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3.7
The top level that something reaches
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3.2
The highest allowed amount or value of something
Idioms
Compounds
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Max is short for maximum, from the Latin maximus meaning 'greatest', and as a noun it names the highest amount or value. That is why the max of something is its top or limit.