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optimizing

v.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɑptəˌmaɪzɪŋ// op·ti·miz·ing

v. making something as good or as effective as it can be. You use this when you improve a process or a system to get the best results.

v. making the best or most efficient use of a situation or resource. Often describes the process of refining a system or piece of software to achieve maximum performance.


SIMPLE

The team is optimizing the website for mobile users.

CONTEXTUAL

By optimizing their delivery routes, the company managed to reduce fuel costs by twenty percent this quarter.

COMPLEX

The engineers spent months optimizing the algorithm to ensure that data processing remained stable even during periods of peak network traffic.

Synonyms
Usage

Transitive — requires a direct object representing the system, process, or resource being improved.

Pitfall

optimizing for to save timeoptimizing to save timeWhen expressing purpose after 'optimizing', use a to-infinitive directly rather than 'for to'.

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