<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object), optimized, optimizing.</li><li>to make as effective, perfect, or useful as possible.</li><li>to make the best of.</li><li>Computers: to write or rewrite (the instructions in a program) so as to maximize efficiency and speed in retrieval, storage, or execution.</li><li>Mathematics: to determine the maximum or minimum values of (a specified function that is subject to certain constraints).</li></ul>