Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to optimize
Participle: optimized
Gerund: optimizing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | optimize |
| you | optimize |
| he;she;it | optimizes |
| we | optimize |
| you | optimize |
| they | optimize |
Perfect
| I | have optimized |
| you | have optimized |
| he;she;it | has optimized |
| we | have optimized |
| you | have optimized |
| they | have optimized |
Past
| I | optimized |
| you | optimized |
| he;she;it | optimized |
| we | optimized |
| you | optimized |
| they | optimized |
Pluperfect
| I | had optimized |
| you | had optimized |
| he;she;it | had optimized |
| we | had optimized |
| you | had optimized |
| they | had optimized |
Future
| I | will optimize |
| you | will optimize |
| he;she;it | will optimize |
| we | will optimize |
| you | will optimize |
| they | will optimize |
Future Perfect
| I | will have optimized |
| you | will have optimized |
| he;she;it | will have optimized |
| we | will have optimized |
| you | will have optimized |
| they | will have optimized |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | optimize |
| you | optimize |
| he;she;it | optimize |
| we | optimize |
| you | optimize |
| they | optimize |
Perfect
| I | have optimized |
| you | have optimized |
| he;she;it | have optimized |
| we | have optimized |
| you | have optimized |
| they | have optimized |
Imperfect
| I | optimized |
| you | optimized |
| he;she;it | optimized |
| we | optimized |
| you | optimized |
| they | optimized |
Pluperfect
| I | had optimized |
| you | had optimized |
| he;she;it | had optimized |
| we | had optimized |
| you | had optimized |
| they | had optimized |
Conditional
Present
| I | would optimize |
| you | would optimize |
| he;she;it | would optimize |
| we | would optimize |
| you | would optimize |
| they | would optimize |
Perfect
| I | would have optimized |
| you | would have optimized |
| he;she;it | would have optimized |
| we | would have optimized |
| you | would have optimized |
| they | would have optimized |
Imperative
| you | optimize |
| we | Let's optimize |
| you | optimize |
Verbs conjugated like 'optimize'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'optimize'
optimise,
deoptimize,
optimalize,
reoptimize,
activize,
anticize,
artilize,
atomize,
atticize,
Atticize,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
4. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
5. Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos
6. ?
7. Latin optimus
8. Proto-Indo-European *-id-
9. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
10. Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
11. Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
12. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
13. Proto-Indo-European *-mos
14. Proto-Indo-European *-mós
15. Ancient Greek -μός (-mós)
16. Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor.
17. Latin -ismusbor.
18. French -isme
19. French optim(isme)
20. ▲
21. Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)
22. Proto-Hellenic *-tās
23. Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)
24. Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.
25. Latin -istabor.
26. French -iste
27. French optimistebor.
28. English optimistbf.
29. English optimize
30. Back-formation from optimist. First attested in 1844.
Verbs referencing "optimize"
Italian
ottimizzare, Finnish with old forms
optimoida, French
optimiser.
Sample Sentences
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We need to optimize the supply chain to reduce costs.
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As I have taken pains to point out, AI's goals and instructions may be quite different from the ones it reports it's using, instructions that may also be quite different from the ones we've given it. It may also be optimizing its "rewards" by masking its operations even from those who believe they're "controlling" the AI. [2026 June 17, Charles Hugh Smith, What AI Is and Is Not-- or, When Electrocution of Innocents Becomes Profitable:]
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The website was redesigned to optimize user experience.
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He used software to optimize the performance of his computer.
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A high level of analyst expertise is required to optimize instrument parameters and correct for matrix interferences either during the sample preparation phase or the data analysis phase. [2003, NIOSH (editors), NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods — Chapter R (XRD methods):]
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Source-to-source program transformations which optimize the resulting code are central to the approach described here. [1978, Guy L. Steele Jr., Rabbit: A Compiler for Scheme (Chapter 11):]
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It is the policy of the United States to optimize and target Federal investments in workforce development to align with our country's reindustrialization needs. [2025, Donald Trump, Executive Order 14278 (2025):]