optimistic
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk//
- Canada//ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk//
- Canada//ˌɑptəˈmɪstɪk//
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
adjective
- 1
Expecting the best in all possible ways.
in an optimistic mood
optimistic plans
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.
- 2
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
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos ? Latin optimus Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ῐσμός (-ĭsmós)bor. Latin -ismusbor. French -isme French optim(isme) ▲ Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French optimistebor. English optimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English optimistic From optimist + -ic.
Forms
- comparative
- more optimistic
- superlative
- most optimistic
optimistic · Expecting the best in all possible ways.
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