hope

Meaning

Verb

1. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
2. (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
3. (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
4. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
5. (dialectal, nonstandard, transitive) To wish.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
2. (countable) The actual thing wished for.
3. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
4. (uncountable) 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. (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Synonyms

expectation

wish

expect

desire

trust

anticipate

anticipation

aspiration

want

await

look forward to

ambition

prospect

believe

expectancy

think

🤔

faith

dream

😴💭

support

rely on

will

expectance

thought

💭

mind

aspire

wait

consider

feelings

confidence

pray

🛐

promise

imagine

long

wish for

emotion

heart

❤️

belief

sentiment

yearn

be hopeful

aim

wait for

go for

foresee

promising

prospects

hopefulness

imagination

hope for

look forward

Translations

espoir

espérer

speranza

esperanza

Hoffnung

espérance

hoffen

esperança

hopen

sperare

hoop

esperar

esperar

esperança

أمل

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hopen

Inherited from Old English: hopian

Inherited from Middle English: hope

Inherited from Old English: hopa

Inherited from Old English: hōp

Cognate with English: hoop

In summary

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear.
Cognates
Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian hoopje (“to hope”), Cimbrian hòffan (“to hope”), Dutch hopen (“to hope”), German, Luxembourgish hoffen (“to hope”), Vilamovian höfnan (“hope”), Yiddish האָפֿן (hofn, “to hope”), Danish håbe (“to hope”), Norwegian Bokmål håpe (“to hope”), Norwegian Nynorsk håpa, håpe (“to hope”), Swedish hoppas (“to hope”).

Sentences

While there's life there's hope .