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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024max•im /ˈmæksɪm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a proverb:His maxim was "Seize the day.''
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024max•im (mak′sim),USA pronunciation n. - an expression of a general truth or principle, esp. an aphoristic or sententious one:the maxims of La Rochefoucauld.
- a principle or rule of conduct.
- 1400–50; late Middle English maxime Medieval Latin maxima (origin, originally in phrase maxima prōpositiō axiom, literally, greatest proposition), noun, nominal use of feminine of Latin maximus, superlative of magnus great; see much
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged aphorism, saying, adage, apothegm. See proverb.
Max•im (mak′sim; for 4 also Fr. mak sēm′, Russ. mu ksyēm′),USA pronunciation n. - BiographicalHiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
- Biographicalhis father, Sir Hiram Stevens, 1840–1916, English inventor, born in the U.S.: inventor of the Maxim gun.
- BiographicalHudson, 1853–1927, U.S. inventor and explosives expert (brother of Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim).
- a male given name, form of Maximilian.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: maxim /ˈmæksɪm/ n - a brief expression of a general truth, principle, or rule of conduct
Etymology: 15th Century: via French from Medieval Latin, from maxima, in the phrase maxima prōpositio basic axiom (literally: greatest proposition); see maximum Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Maxim /ˈmæksɪm/ n - Sir Hiram Stevens. 1840–1916, British inventor of the first automatic machine gun (1884), born in the US
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