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# optimistic

«optimistic» in Mova's school dictionary: **Hopeful and believing good things will happen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (optimistic, more optimistic, most optimistic)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Hopeful and believing good things will happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#m1)

2) (of a guess or plan) Hoping for more than is likely (an optimistic estimate). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and PSHE: an optimistic person looks on the bright side. In maths and planning: an optimistic estimate is probably too high or too fast. Phrases: optimistic about, cautiously optimistic, look on the bright side.

### examples

- She's optimistic about the test tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x1)
- Even when we lose, our coach stays optimistic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x2)
- Ten minutes to tidy the whole house? That's optimistic! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x3)
- I'm optimistic it will stop raining. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x4)
- He gave an optimistic guess of 100 people coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x5)
- Being optimistic helps you keep trying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/#x6)

### note

Opposite: pessimistic. Noun: optimism; person: optimist. Adverb: optimistically. In estimates, "optimistic" usually means the real number may be smaller (or slower) than said.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «optimistic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optimistic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.