Sekirov Dictionary

hope

UK /ˈhəʊp/US /ˈhoʊp/

verb 5
noun 7
forms 6
phrases 1

verb5

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to want something and feel that there is a chance of it
- They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.
- He's still hoping that everything will turn out fine.
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To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- I hope to succeed.
- I hope to be going back again soon.
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To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- They're hoping for the best, but I don't think it's looking very good.
- I'm hoping for my boss to offer me a pay raise.
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To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- I hope in thy word. — 1611
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(dialect, nonstandard) To wish.
- I hope you all the best.

noun7

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The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- All hopes for a truce are gone after the latest attack.
- After losing my job, there's frail hope of affording my world cruise.
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The virtuous desire for future good.
- But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. — 1611
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A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
The actual thing wished for.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
(Scotland, Northern-England) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
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(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- Being by contrarie winds driuen to staie against Erith, at Grauesend, in Tilberie hope. — 1587

forms

hoped · hopedst · hoping · hopes · hopeth · hopest

Phrases with hope

hope against hope
To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.

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