optimistic
adjUK /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/ · CA, US /ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
Etymology From optimist + -ic.
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Expecting the best in all possible ways.
- in an optimistic mood
- optimistic plans
2 more examples
- took an optimistic view
- 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.1944 November and December, “What's in a Name?”, in Railway Magazine, page 333:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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
- Derived terms
- cyberoptimistic, hyperoptimistic, nonoptimistic, optimistically, optimistic concurrency, overoptimistic, over-optimistic, skeptimistic, superoptimistic, ultraoptimistic, unoptimistic
- Coordinate terms
- enthusiasm, hopeful, positive, unabased, undeterred, confident