max
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max
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Abbreviation of maximum.
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max (not comparable)
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max (not comparable)
- (informal) at the most; maximum.
- 1962, Poul Anderson, Time and Stars, published 1966, page 88:
- Four days max, then, to get them to safety.
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max (countable and uncountable, plural maxes)
- (informal) Clipping of maximum.
- (informal) An extreme, a great extent.
- He pushed himself to the max.
- (obsolete, slang) Gin.
- 1819–1824, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London, (please specify |canto=I to XVII):
- Oh! for a glass of max!
- 1861, The Old Roman Well, page 243:
- 'I remember,' said the pale man, 'the fust night as the Dandy ever came to this crib; he sat at this very table, and drank max with Charley Chatfield. […]
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max (third-person singular simple present maxes, present participle maxing, simple past and past participle maxed)
- (usually with out) To reach the limit; to reach the maximum.
- He maxed out his odds of dating Rebecca.
- She maxed out all her credit cards while she was out of work.
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From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
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max
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Internationalism (compare English max, Latin max.).
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max (not comparable)
- (in writing or colloquial) at most, max
- Synonyms: enimmillään, maksimissaan
- Siinä menee max vartti.
- It will be fifteen minutes, max.
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max
- (archaic) most
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
- Segun sa (sua) opiniono la max importanta neceso por I.L. esas la max granda perfekteso, e ne la amaso di adheranti, [...]
- According to his opionion the most important necessity for an I.L. is the perfection, and not the amount of adherents, [...]
- 1909-1910, Progreso – duesma yaro, page 40:
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max (invariable)
- Abbreviation of massimo (“max”).
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max m
- inflection of mal:
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max
- max
- till max
- to the max
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max c
- (card games) a max bet
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Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | max | maxen | maxar | maxarna |
Genitive | max | maxens | maxars | maxarnas |
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max (not comparable)
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Tai *maːꟲ (“horse”), from Middle Chinese 馬 (MC maeX). Cognate with Thai ม้า (máa), Northern Thai ᨾ᩶ᩣ, Lao ມ້າ (mā), Lü ᦙᦱᧉ (maa²), Tai Nüa ᥛᥣᥳ (mȧa), Shan မႃႉ (mâ̰a), Ahom 𑜉𑜠 (ma), 𑜉𑜡 (mā) or 𑜉𑜡𑜠 (māa).
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- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ma˦˨/
- Tone numbers: ma4
- Hyphenation: max
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max (classifier duz, Sawndip forms 馬 or 马 or 獁 or 𮜃, 1957–1982 spelling maч)