optimize out

verb

To omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.

“The loop that counts from 1 to 1,000,000 is optimized out by the compiler, because nothing happens inside the loop and the value is not used afterwards.”

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Meanings

verboptimize out (third-person singular simple present optimizes out, present participle optimizing out, simple past and past participle optimized out)

present singular third person optimizes out · participle present optimizing out · participle past optimized out · past optimized out

  1. transitivecomputingTo omit (some portion of program logic) through optimization, when it is found to be unused or unnecessary.

    The loop that counts from 1 to 1,000,000 is optimized out by the compiler, because nothing happens inside the loop and the value is not used afterwards.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “optimize out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/optimize%20out.

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