Maximum Meaning
/ˈmæksɪməm/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe highest limit.
nounThe greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
Sentence Examples
Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.
The bus can carry a maximum of forty people.
A maximum of 30 children in a class
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the function is 100 at the point x equals 5.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ speed limit on this stretch of the highway is sixty miles per hour for all vehicles.
Word Origin & History
Via French from Latin maximum.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"This is the fundamental principle of good legislation. It is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness and the minimum of misery"
— 1806, P. Colquhoun, A Treatise on Indigence:
"I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area."
— 1983 April 23, Alice Thompson, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 15:
"Each Piccadilly Line train consists of seven cars, the construction of the stations below ground making this the maximum length."
— 1960 March 26, “New Stock for the Piccadilly Line of London Transport”, in Railway Magazine, page 203:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ of the function is 100 at the point x equals 5.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ speed limit on this stretch of the highway is sixty miles per hour for all vehicles.