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maxim (noun)

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  • maxim — ► NOUN ▪ a short statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. ORIGIN from Latin propositio maxima most important proposition …   English terms dictionary

  • maxim — I noun adage, aphorism, aphoristic expression, axiom, byword, canon, established principle, expression, gnomic saying, moralism, pithy saying, postulate, praeceptum, precept, principium, principle, proverb, proverbial saying, regula, rule, sage… …   Law dictionary

  • maxim — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ general, simple ▪ famous ▪ old ▪ As the old maxim goes, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’. VERB + MAXIM …   Collocations dictionary

  • maxim — noun the maxim you can t cheat an honest man is posted on the wall above his desk Syn: saying, adage, aphorism, proverb, motto, saw, axiom, dictum, precept, epigram; truism, cliché See note at saying …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • maxim — noun Etymology: Middle English maxime, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin maxima, from Latin, feminine of maximus, superlative of magnus large more at much Date: 1567 1. a general truth, fundamental principle, or rule of conduct 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • maxim — noun a short, pithy statement expressing a general truth or rule of conduct. Origin ME: from Fr. maxime, from med. L. (propositio) maxima most important (proposition) …   English new terms dictionary

  • maxim — noun (C) a well known phrase or saying, especially one that gives a rule for sensible behaviour …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • Maxim Gorki — noun Russian writer of plays and novels and short stories; noted for his depiction of social outcasts • Syn: ↑Gorky, ↑Maksim Gorky, ↑Gorki, ↑Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, ↑Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov • Instance Hypernyms: ↑writer, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Maxim gun — noun an obsolete water cooled machine gun having a single barrel • Hypernyms: ↑machine gun …   Useful english dictionary

  • Maxim gun — /ˈmæksəm gʌn/ (say maksuhm gun) noun a machine gun, the first to be designed to operate automatically by means of the recoil, used widely in World War I. Also, Maxim machine gun. {designed by Sir Hiram Maxim. See Maxim family} …  

  • maxim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Saying Nouns 1. maxim, aphorism, gnome, apothegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot, motto, catchphrase, word, moral, byword, household word; axiom, theorum, scholium, truism, truth,… …   English dictionary for students

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