a mood/sense of optimism A mood of optimism prevails in the White House. phrases be grounds/cause/reason for optimism The lower crime figures are certainly grounds for optimism. optimism prevails/reigns (=optimism is the strongest feeling ) Despite the crisis, optimism prevailed. optimism grows His optimism grew as the time came nearer for his release. share somebody's optimism (=feel the optimism that someone else feels ) After so many problems, I found it hard to share his optimism. verbs express optimism Diplomats expressed optimism about the progress of the talks. new/renewed optimism (=optimism that you start to feel again, after you stopped feeling it ) The new leadership has brought renewed optimism. initial/early optimism (=optimism that you feel at the start of a process, especially when it does not continue ) There was initial optimism about a breakthrough in relations between the two countries. false optimism (=optimism based on wrong ideas or information ) In his speech he warned against false optimism about the immediate future. He expressed guarded optimism about the company's future. sees cause for cautious optimism in what has been achieved so far. cautious/guarded optimism (=the belief that a future situation will be good or better than before, although you cannot be not sure ) The U.N. ![]() considerable optimism These figures indicate that we can go into next year with considerable optimism. ![]() COLLOCATIONS adverbs great optimism The team was in a mood of great optimism. optimism about I don’t share his optimism about our chances of success. mood/sense of optimism a new sense of optimism in the country optimism (that) There was optimism that an agreement could be reached. ○ noun EXPECT a tendency to believe that good things will always happen OPP pessimism grounds/cause/reason for optimism Recent results must give some cause for optimism.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English optimism op‧ti‧mis‧m / ˈɒptəmɪz əm $ ˈɑːp- /
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