hope
Meaning
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- To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- To wish.
Synonyms
emotion
wish for
hope for
look forward
be hopeful
have faith
have hope
have expectation
past days
depend on
cross one’s fingers
hope in
'I wish that...'
strive for
be going to
bright spot
aspire to
set hopes
aspire for
full of hope
modal preverb
have faith in
pant for
set one’s heart on
wish well
bright future
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/həʊp/
Etymology
From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear.
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