maximum

CEFRB1

/ˈmæksɪməm/

noun · adjective

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Examples

Thanks to the technological innovation, the maximum output of the factory has doubled.
The bus can carry a maximum of forty people.

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Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

An upper bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
The greatest value of a set or other mathematical structure, especially the global maximum or a local maximum of a function.
The highest limit.

In context

A maximum of 30 children in a class
Use the proper dose for the maximum effect.
I just got out of maximum where I did 4 months for an arguent I had in the serving area.

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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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Via French from Latin maximum.