"optimise" meaning in English

See optimise in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: optimises [present, singular, third-person], optimising [participle, present], optimised [participle, past], optimised [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} optimise (third-person singular simple present optimises, present participle optimising, simple past and past participle optimised)
  1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of optimize. Tags: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Alternative form of: optimize Derived forms: optimisation
    Sense id: en-optimise-en-verb-bc-yLiKJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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