optimum
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 17
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- 7
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Definition of optimum
3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
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noun
- The best or most favorable condition, or the greatest amount or degree possible under specific sets of comparable circumstances.
- Any long period of time marked by a persistently warm climate; a climatic optimum.
adj
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(not-comparable)The best or most advantageous; surpassing all others.
“optimum conditions for climbing”
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Etymology
From New Latin, neuter of Latin optimus (“best, very good”), from the root in ops (“work”) or omnis (“all”).
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