optimistic assumption

collocation in English

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optimistic
adjective
uk
/ˌɒp.tɪˈmɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌɑːp.təˈmɪs.tɪk/
hoping or believing that good things will happen in ...
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assumption
noun
uk
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/us
/əˈsʌmp.ʃən/
something that you accept as true without question ...
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(Definition ofoptimisticandassumptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Underlying the contrast was theoptimisticassumptionthat the exchange of opinion would lead inexorably toward rationality and tolerance rather than merely confirm prejudice.
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It was also based on theoptimisticassumptionthat it was possible to kick-start growth through redistribution, while, at the same time, redirecting but not increasing government expenditure.
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All my personal contacts in the industry lead me to suggest that without changes of policy that might prove anoptimisticassumption.
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That was on theoptimisticassumptionthat the weather remained mild.
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I am afraid that that was anoptimisticassumption.
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It also depended on a highlyoptimisticassumptionof the co-operative's share of that expanded market.
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It is true that these estimates are based on what some people might think is a ratheroptimisticassumptionabout the development of the oilfields.
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That idea was carefully designed around an assumption based on a hopelesslyoptimisticassumptionof nuclear costs.
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And if we take a lessoptimisticassumptionon the points legally in doubt, the position may be a great deal worse.
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That is the mostoptimisticassumptionat present.
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However, it is increasingly evident from the figures that the £685 million saving is frankly anoptimisticassumption.
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They are now in business in a big way against us, and it is quite anoptimisticassumptionthat we shall get 18,000.
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That is anoptimisticassumptionwhich is illustrated by our experience of vehicle excise licences and television licences which provides depressing precedents.
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That is a fairlyoptimisticassumptionabout the effectiveness of a floating pound.
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That means a loss of at least £5,000,000, and the final result of all these conversion proposals, on the mostoptimisticassumption, is a saving of £15,000,000.
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I do not think so, even on the mostoptimisticassumption.
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That is anoptimisticassumptionwhich given the prevailing political and economic climate, appears less grounded in reality as each day passes.
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Unemployment would not be reduced by more than 100,000 over two years — that is anoptimisticassumption—at a savage cost elsewhere.
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The statistics represent a considerable decline in the originaloptimisticassumption.
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