optimistic
//ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk//
Forms
- Comparative
- more optimistic
- Superlative
- most optimistic
Definitions
1.Expecting the best in all possible ways.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4757
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder.
Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi
Proto-Indo-European *-tm̥mos
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Latin optimus
Proto-Indo-European *-id-
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti
Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)