optimize
/ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.33 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To act optimistically or as an optimist.
Example Sentences
- "We need to optimize the supply chain to reduce costs."
- "As I have taken pains to point out, AI's goals and instructions may be quite different from the ones it reports it's using, instructions that may also be quite different from the ones we've given it. It may also be optimizing its "rewards" by masking its operations even from those who believe they're "controlling" the AI."
- "The website was redesigned to optimize user experience."
- "He used software to optimize the performance of his computer."
- "A high level of analyst expertise is required to optimize instrument parameters and correct for matrix interferences either during the sample preparation phase or the data analysis phase."
- "Source-to-source program transformations which optimize the resulting code are central to the approach described here."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French optim(isme) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French optimistebor. English optimistbf. English optimize Back-formation from optimist. First attested in 1844.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɑptɪmaɪz/
- British English: /ˈɒptɪmaɪz/