1 | noun | the largest possible quantity 2 | noun | the greatest possible degree 3 | noun | the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right 4 | adjective | the greatest or most complete or best possible

m'aksuhmuhm (IPA: mˈæksəməm)

max-i-mum (7 letters | 3 syllables)

1740 (Georgian era) (285 years ago)

Latin

written: 2753rd most common (1 in 27027 words) ( > 99% adjective | 0% noun)

spoken: 2827th most common (1 in 66667 words)

(includes some inflected forms)

maximums

upper limit

minimum

extremum | large indefinite amount | large indefinite quantity | peak | bound | boundary | limit (total: 7)

(none among common words)

minimum

(none among common words)

Chrysanthemum maximum | Chrysanthemum maximum maximum | Leucanthemum maximum | maximum and minimum thermometer

Mandarin Chinese: | 最大量 (noun) Hindi: | अधिकतम (noun) Arabic: | الحَدُّ الأَقصَى (noun) Spanish: | máximo (quantity) French: | maximum (quantity)

Game Over | Maximum Risk | Maximum Overdrive

maximum.com | maximum.net | maximum.org | maximum.info | maximum.biz (total: 5)

Harshest sentence (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

20 (International English) | 20 (North American English)

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