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Associations of "Optimistically" (30 Words)
anticipate | Regard something as probable or likely. She anticipated scorn on her return to the theatre. |
anticipation | The act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future. Each of them had their own anticipations. |
anticipatory | (of a breach of contract) taking the form of an announcement or indication that a contract will not be honoured. An anticipatory flash of excitement. |
assume | Make a pretence of. Militant activity had assumed epidemic proportions. |
assumption | Arrogance or presumption. Your assumption that I would agree was unwarranted. |
astrologer | Someone who predicts the future by the positions of the planets and sun and Moon. He was advised by astrologers to delay his departure. |
conjecture | To believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds. Conjectures about the newcomer were many and varied. |
envisage | Contemplate or conceive of as a possibility or a desirable future event. The Rome Treaty envisaged free movement across frontiers. |
expect | Consider obligatory request and expect. We expect employers to pay a reasonable salary. |
expectancy | The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something good, will happen. An indicator of expectancy in development. |
forecast | Judge to be probable. Coal consumption in Europe is forecast to increase. |
forecasting | A statement made about the future. |
foresee | Be aware of beforehand; predict. We did not foresee any difficulties. |
guess | Put forward of a guess in spite of possible refutation. My guess is that within a year we will have a referendum. |
guesswork | An estimate based on little or no information. Answering this question will involve you in a certain amount of guesswork. |
hope | A specific instance of feeling hopeful. In spite of his troubles he never gave up hope. |
hopeful | Full or promise. Two executive hopefuls joined the firm. |
infer | Deduce or conclude (something) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements. From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing. |
positively | Extremely. Experts could not positively identify the voices. |
preconception | A partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation. He did not even try to confirm his preconceptions. |
predict | Make a prediction about tell in advance. It is too early to predict a result. |
presume | Be arrogant or impertinent enough to do something. Two of the journalists went missing and are presumed dead. |
presuppose | Require as a necessary antecedent or precondition. Their original prediction presupposed a universe only three billion years old. |
realistically | In a realistic manner. This film realistically simulates the effects that a nuclear war could have. |
speculate | Form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence. My colleagues speculate about my private life. |
speculation | A message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence. He was a millionaire from speculations on the stock market. |
suppose | Take for granted or as a given suppose beforehand. The theory supposes a predisposition to interpret utterances. |
supposition | A belief held without proof or certain knowledge; an assumption or hypothesis. They were working on the supposition that his death was murder. |
surmise | Infer from incomplete evidence. All these observations remain surmise. |
think | An instance of deliberate thinking. I can t think what her last name was. |