Word
optimistic
Phoneticsop·ti·mistic
US/ˌɑptəˈmɪstɪk/
UK/ˌɒptɪmˈɪstɪk/
Definitions
01hopeful and positive
adj. feeling or showing hope that good things will happen in the future.
adj. characterised by a hopeful and confident outlook regarding the future or the success of a specific outcome.
“She is optimistic that she will find a new job by the end of the month.”
“Despite the recent economic downturn, the CEO remained optimistic about the company's long-term growth prospects in the emerging markets.”
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02computing/data handling
adj. a way of managing data that lets many people make changes at once, assuming they won't clash.
adj. relating to a concurrency control method that allows multiple transactions to proceed without locking data, checking for conflicts only at the point of commit.
“The app uses an optimistic approach to save your notes quickly without making you wait.”
“By implementing optimistic concurrency control, the developers significantly reduced database contention during peak usage hours.”
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Often used in the phrase 'optimistic locking' or 'optimistic concurrency control'.
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“Monday saw hopes of deal become even less optimistic, as talks between both nations appear to have stalled.” “But he said he remained optimistic, and that Hooper was an experienced hiker.” Etymology
From optimist + -ic.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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