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单词 maxim
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maxim

noun

max·​im ˈmak-səm How to pronounce maxim (audio)
1
: a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct
Mother's favorite maxim was "Don't count your chickens before they hatch."
2
: a proverbial saying
advised her daughter with the maxim "marry in haste, repent at leisure"

Synonyms

  • adage
  • aphorism
  • apothegm
  • byword
  • epigram
  • proverb
  • saw
  • saying
  • sententia
  • word
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Example Sentences

it's a common maxim that “a watched pot never boils,” but that's not literally true
Recent Examples on the Web That famous maxim is an all-important first step to effective branding. Roger Boutin, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 This was the maxim that guided the design process for Oliver's apartment. Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022 Moore’s Law is the maxim, coined by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore, that correctly predicted the number of transistors in computer chips would double at quick intervals. oregonlive, 29 July 2022 That all-American maxim, which attempts to parse the seemingly conflicting power of the individual and the collective, finds its first iteration in drawings begun around 1997 and continuing today. Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2022 The sport as a whole has followed in their wake, hewing ever more closely to Brian Clough’s rather gnarled maxim that if God had intended soccer to be played in the clouds, there would be substantially more grass up there. New York Times, 22 July 2022 And that maxim is what Talusan appreciates about the property. Noah Lederman, SPIN, 27 June 2022 And while the Hollywood maxim is that the show must go on, in a few instances real-world concerns have intruded upon the ceremony in a way that forced organizers to alter its schedule, including last year's delay due to a global pandemic. Brian Lowry, CNN, 26 Mar. 2022 An old maxim of mountaineering goes like this: Getting to the summit is optional, getting down is mandatory. Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English maxime, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin maxima, from Latin, feminine of maximus, superlative of magnus large — more at much

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

maxim

noun

max·​im ˈmak-səm How to pronounce maxim (audio)
: a short saying (as "live and let live") expressing a general truth or rule of conduct

Biographical Definition

Maxim 1 of 2

biographical name (1)

Max·​im ˈmak-səm How to pronounce Maxim (audio)
Sir Hiram Stevens 1840–1916 British (American-born) inventor

Maxim

2 of 2

biographical name (2)

Hudson 1853–1927 brother of Hiram Maxim American inventor

maxim

noun

as in proverb
an often stated observation regarding something from common experience it's a common maxim that "a watched pot never boils," but that's not literally true

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