hope

Meaning

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.

Concepts

hope

expectation

wish

expect

desire

trust

anticipation

anticipate

want

aspiration

prospect

look forward to

ambition

await

expectancy

believe

think

dream

rely on

faith

support

consider

imagine

emotion

feelings

heart

mind

sentiment

thought

pray

aspire

long

will

promise

expectance

wish for

confidence

wait

belief

hope for

imagination

prospects

be hopeful

have hope

foresee

go for

hopefulness

aim

have faith

yearn

wait for

promising

look forward

hoping

aspire to

bright future

glory

affection

experience

love

forecast

prediction

cross one’s fingers

set one’s heart on

likelihood

dun

anticipations

outlook

look to

bright spot

set hopes

aspire for

pant for

past days

hollow

reposal

fancy

hope in

have expectation

feel

covet

crave

chance

merit

suspicion

avidity

depend on

'I wish that...'

modal preverb

aid

help

refuge

remedy

possibility

scope

give

wish well

longing

feel like

calculation

contemplation

view

amusement

comfort

delight

enjoying

enjoyment

happiness

pleasure

have faith in

opinion

about to

desires

passions

appreciation

intend

purpose

long for

look

rely upon

request

hopes

be going to

design

dependence

lust

full of hope

optimistic

rare

bigeyes

see

strive for

Pronounced as (IPA)

/həʊp/

Etymology

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