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max
(măks) Slangn.
The maximum: The car can seat five adults, but that's the max.
adj.
Maximal.
adv.
Maximally: We'll pay $250 max.
intr.v. maxed, max·ing, max·es
1. To reach one's limit, as of endurance or capability: The weightlifter maxed out at 180 kilograms.
2. To reach a point from which no additional growth, improvement, or benefit is possible: The salary for this position maxes at $65,000.
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max
(mæks)n
1. the most significant, highest, furthest, or greatest thing
2. to the max to the ultimate extent
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max
(mæks)n. Slang.
maximum.
Idioms: to the max, to the greatest or furthest degree; totally.
[1850–55; by shortening]
max.
maximum.
MAX
Cinemax (a cable television channel).
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| Noun | 1. |  max - street names for gamma hydroxybutyrategamma hydroxybutyrate, GHB - a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape |
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[mæks]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
max
n abbr of maximum → max.; to the max (inf, run up debts, fill up tank) → bis zum Maximum; enjoy life, live → in vollen Zügen; to go to the max (in partying) → die Sau rauslassen (inf); stressed to the max → total gestresst (inf)
vt to max out something, to max something out (US inf) → etw ausschöpfen; to max out one’s credit card → seinen Kredit (auf der Kreditkarte) voll ausschöpfen
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