maximum
Other forms: maxima; maximums
Both a noun and an adjective, maximum takes it to the max: it means the most, the fastest, the biggest.
"The most you can have is the maximum": that's the noun. In "the maximum amount is the most you can have," it's used as an adjective. You might be familiar with the shortened version of the word: the "max." If you take something "to the max," you're doing as much of it as possible. You take it to the limit. You take it to the maximum.
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the greatest or most complete or best possible“maximum pressure”synonyms: maximalsupremegreatest or maximal in degree; extreme
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the largest possible quantitysynonyms: upper limitantonyms:minimumthe smallest possible quantitytype of:large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
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the greatest possible degree
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the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right
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