to tend to be optimistic

  • 1optimistic — 01. He has an interview for a job this afternoon, and is quite [optimistic] about his chances. 02. My [optimism] is based on my previous experience dealing with these people; I know they are the best in their field. 03. Her parents have spoken… …

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  • 2tend — tend1 /tend/, v.i. 1. to be disposed or inclined in action, operation, or effect to do something: The particles tend to unite. 2. to be disposed toward an idea, emotion, way of thinking, etc.: He tends to be overly optimistic. Her religious… …

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  • 3tend — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, short for attenden to attend Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. archaic listen 2. to pay attention ; apply oneself < tend to your own affairs > < t …

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  • 4Artisan temperament — The Artisan temperament is one of four temperaments defined by David Keirsey. Correlating with the SP (sensing–perceiving) Myers Briggs types, the Artisan temperament comprises the following role variants (listed with their corresponding Myers&#8230; …

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  • 5Home Country Bias — Investors natural tendency to be most attracted to investments in domestic markets. Investors tend to focus more on their home markets and the companies that do business within these markets because they are familiar with them. Investors who&#8230; …

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  • 6Unemployment — World unemployment rates[1] as of January 2009[update] Unemployment (or …

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  • 7Atroa — Greyhawk Deity|fgcolor=#fff caption= bgcolor=#000 fgcolor=#fff name=Atroa title=The Sad Maiden home=Beastlands power=Lesser alignment=Neutral Good portfolio=Spring, East Wind, Renewal domains=Air, Good, Plant, Renewal, Sun alias=none&#8230; …

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  • 8biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old&#8230; …

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  • 9Overconfidence effect — The overconfidence effect is a well established bias in which someone s subjective confidence in their judgments is reliably greater than their objective accuracy, especially when confidence is relatively high.[1] For example, in some quizzes,&#8230; …

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  • 10Anarcho-capitalism — Part of the Politics series on Anarchism …

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