optimistic
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
- Rhymes: -ɪstɪk
Adjective
[edit]optimistic (comparative more optimistic, superlative most optimistic)
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
- Synonym: upbeat
- Antonym: pessimistic
- in an optimistic mood
- optimistic plans
- took an optimistic view
- 1944 November and December, “What's in a Name?”, in Railway Magazine, page 333:
- Reference was made in the January-February issue to some of the optimistic railway titles of the past, such as the Manchester & Milford, and the Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast, neither of which got anywhere near the extremities indicated in their titles during their independent existence.
- (computing) Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
- optimistic concurrency
- optimistic locking
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (expecting the best): enthusiasm, hopeful, positive, unabased, undeterred, confident
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]expecting a good outcome
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