max

«max» in Mova's school dictionary: Short for «maximum»: the biggest amount possible — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (max — informal, short for maximum); adjective; verb (max out, maxes, maxed, maxing); also a name (Max)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Short for «maximum»: the biggest amount possible. tree →

2) (informal, adverb) At most («It'll take ten minutes max»). tree →

3) (verb, informal) max out = use up to the limit («maxed out the card»). tree →

4) (slang) «to the max» = completely. tree →

5) (a name) Max, a boy's name (short for Maximilian or Maxwell). tree →

6) (maths, computing) max — the largest value in a set. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and computing: «max» and «min» find the largest and smallest numbers. Everyday: «ten minutes max». On cookers and games: turn it up to max. Phrases: «to the max», «max out», «at the max».

examples

• I'll be ten minutes, max. tree →
• Turn the volume up to max! tree →
• The max score is 100 points. tree →
• Find the max of 4, 9 and 7 — it's 9. tree →
• He maxed out his phone's storage. tree →
• We partied to the max. tree →
• My dog is called Max. tree →

note

Informal; in exam writing use «maximum». In maths «max» = the greatest value, «min» = the smallest. «Max» as a name has a capital.

In the corpora

• Max in Dublin copied his friend's maths homework twice and got away with it, so he thought he always could.
• The teacher noticed, his friend got in trouble too, and Max's planner came home to be signed.
• Max slammed his door and said «It's not fair!» and didn't speak to Mum all evening.
• Max in Sydney promised «no homework ever» if he became class captain.
• Max had copied homework and owned up; next term his teacher let him mark his own spelling test.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «max» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.