optimize, optimise
(verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
optimize, optimise
(verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; “optimize a computer program”
optimize, optimise
(verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best; “optimize your resources”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)
(originally, intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
(transitive) To make (something) optimal.
(transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
(intransitive) To become optimal.
• (to make optimal): perfect
• (to make more efficient): enhance, hone, improve, perfect
Source: Wiktionary
8 January 2025
(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
