optimistic forecast

collocation in English

meaningsofoptimisticandforecast

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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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forecast
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɔː.kɑːst/us
/ˈfɔːr.kæst/
a statement of what is judged likely to happen in the future, especially in connection with a particular situation, or the expected ...
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(Definition ofoptimisticandforecastfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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As to the reference to reduction in expenditure on employment, presumably this is not a veryoptimisticforecast.
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Anoptimisticforecaston top of that good record is excellent news.
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We must face the future both from the point of view of training and staffing and accept a fairlyoptimisticforecastof future economic productivity.
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Unfortunately, thisoptimisticforecastwhich he gave is only partially true in the light of the events of subsequent months.
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It is now estimated that that review will result in only £7 million savings from improved performance, whereas the initialoptimisticforecastwas for £67 million.
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Even on the mostoptimisticforecast, it will be 2005 before that deficit is made up.
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We have had this kind ofoptimisticforecastfor a number of years, but we seem no further forward.
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However, this is now regarded as being a somewhatoptimisticforecast.
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It is not entirely anoptimisticforecastof the future of the inland telegraph service.
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We have reached the situation in which, at the mostoptimisticforecastof future requirements, there is a work load for only one factory.
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This is only half the increase of productivity of the last three years, but even so it may prove to be anoptimisticforecast.
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That is about the mostoptimisticforecastthat one could possibly make.
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If so, let them tell us so, instead of beguiling us with anoptimisticforecast.
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That is a veryoptimisticforecast.
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That was a wildlyoptimisticforecast.
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He might have provided us with someoptimisticforecastwhich would have encouraged us to believe that two years hence there would not be the same need for control.
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Parliament's decision to put the promotion of the lottery in the hands of the private sector has been vindicated by ticket sales, which have exceeded the mostoptimisticforecast.
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If they do not, then the optimistic forecasts would be less optimistic.
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But when other industries do not fulfil their optimistic forecasts, their fuel cannot be replaced, in nuclear power stations, for instance, by cheap coal.
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