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optimistic
/ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
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What does optimistic mean?
adjective
- Expecting the best in all possible ways.
- 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.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑptɪˈmɪstɪk/
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It is a comforting thought to those who seek an optimistic point of view that most men wish to do right.
A pleasing personality, however, inspires confidence, tends to put the customer in a good humor and optimistic mood, and results in sales.
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On December 6 it was drifting hard, and part of the morning was spent theorizing on our prospects in an optimistic vein.
Cody always seemed ready to crack a joke with anyone, and possibly there was no more optimistic man in the whole of Britain.
That an old woman of seventy-seven years of age should die of SELF-NEGLECT is the most optimistic way possible of looking at it.