hope

Betekenis

Verb

1. To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
2. To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
3. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
4. To wish.

Noun

1. The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
2. The actual thing wished for.
3. A person or thing that is a source of hope.
4. The virtuous desire for future good.

Noun

A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

Noun

1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/həʊp/

Etymologie

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear.