a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome / the doctrine that this world is the best of all possible worlds / the belief that good will eventually triumph over evil

plural of optimism

simple past tense and past participle of optimize

(originally intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist. / (transitive) To make (something) optimal. / (transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.

The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction. / (artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.

The best of its kind

(Cambridge University) A student who graduates with second class ("senior optime") or third class ("junior optime") honours in mathematics, or (loosely) in any other subject.

The design and operation of a system or process to make it as good as possible in some defined sense.

optimization.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of optimize