optimistic prediction

collocation in English

meaningsofoptimisticandprediction

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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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prediction
noun[C or U]
uk
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/us
/prɪˈdɪk.ʃən/
a statement about what you think will happen in ...
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(Definition ofoptimisticandpredictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Yet in order for such anoptimisticpredictionto pan out, game designers will have to decide whether their target consumers are gamers or music aficionados.
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I am afraid that the time to put them right is still a long way off, much further off in fact than anyoptimisticprediction.
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Could anybody make anoptimisticpredictionregarding the recovery of these industries?
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However, that is anoptimisticprediction; there is a long way to go, although much progress has been made.
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In further contrast with the optimistic predictions of some individuals, even those firms that were privatized did not fare all that well in a competitive economy.
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That answer has been blown apart because we know that, of that £9, £6.56 is accounted for by optimistic predictions about the growth in earnings.
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However, the most optimistic predictions lead one to believe that by the turn of the century those resources will be very much expired.
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Even on the most optimistic predictions, unemployment in the next 12 months will continue to rise.
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The company has made the most optimistic predictions for the future and it has continually brought forward its deadlines for expansion.
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Clearly, therefore, some of the more optimistic predictions that are being made about airport capacity have as good a chance of being fulfilled as other less optimistic forecasts.
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It looks as though some reductions of service will be inescapable if this is to be achieved within even the optimistic predictions for the district's funding in 1986.
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