1. make optimal; get the most out of; use best - optimize your resources • Syn: optimise • Derivationally related forms: optimisation (for: optimise), optimum (for: optimise), optimization, optimum • Hypernyms: perfect, hone • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Something ----s something 2. modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost - optimize a computer program • Syn: optimise • Derivationally related forms: optimisation (for: optimise), optimization • Hypernyms: modify • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 3. act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world • Syn: optimise • Hypernyms: act, behave, do • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
