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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m1)

2) (informal, adverb) At most («It'll take ten minutes max»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m2)

3) (verb, informal) max out = use up to the limit («maxed out the card»). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m3)

4) (slang) «to the max» = completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m4)

5) (a name) Max, a boy's name (short for Maximilian or Maxwell). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m5)

6) (maths, computing) max — the largest value in a set. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#m6)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x1)
- Turn the volume up to max! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x2)
- The max score is 100 points. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x3)
- Find the max of 4, 9 and 7 — it's 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x4)
- He maxed out his phone's storage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x5)
- We partied to the max. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x6)
- My dog is called Max. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/4/)
- [The teacher noticed, his friend got in trouble too, and Max's planner came home to be signed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/6/)
- [Max slammed his door and said «It's not fair!» and didn't speak to Mum all evening.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/340-copying-and-peeking-in-tests/11/)
- [Max in Sydney promised «no homework ever» if he became class captain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/20/)
- [Max had copied homework and owned up; next term his teacher let him mark his own spelling test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/455-trusting-again/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «max» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/max/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.