OPTIMISTIC

optimistic

(adjective) expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; “in an optimistic mood”; “optimistic plans”; “took an optimistic view”

affirmative, optimistic

(adjective) expecting the best; “an affirmative outlook”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

optimistic (comparative more optimistic, superlative most optimistic)

Expecting the best in all possible ways.

Antonym: pessimistic

(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.

Coordinate terms

• (expecting the best): enthusiasm, hopeful, positive, unabased, undeterred

Source: Wiktionary


Op`ti*mis"tic, a.

1. (Metaph.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to optimism; tending, or conforming, to the opinion that all events are ordered for the best.

2. Hopeful; sanguine; as, an optimistic view.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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TEMPORIZE

(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”


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