"best-case scenario" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-best-case scenario.wav [US] Forms: more best-case scenario [comparative], most best-case scenario [superlative], best case scenario [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} best-case scenario (comparative more best-case scenario, superlative most best-case scenario)
  1. at best Related terms: happy day scenario Translations (at best): en el mejor de los casos (Spanish), en el mejor caso (Spanish)
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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-best-case scenario.wav [US] Forms: best-case scenarios [plural], best case scenario [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} best-case scenario (plural best-case scenarios)
  1. Any situation or conclusion which could not be any better; the best possible outcome. Translations (situation which could not be any better): bestcasescenario [neuter] (Dutch), paras tapaus (Finnish), paras mahdollinen tapaus (Finnish), meilleur des cas [masculine] (French), bester Fall [masculine] (German), מקרה הטוב (mikré hatóv) (Hebrew), í besta falli [neuter] (Icelandic), cas is fearr [masculine] (Irish), 最良のシナリオ (sairyō no shinario) (Japanese), 최상의 시나리오 (choesang-ui sinario) (Korean), najlepszy przypadek [masculine] (Polish), el mejor de los casos [masculine] (Spanish), el mejor caso [masculine] (Spanish), найкра́щий сцена́рій (najkráščyj scenárij) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-best-case_scenario-en-noun-awHzMVsX

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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