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hope

Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊp/

The English word “hope” has 12 meanings listed here.

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. To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
  3. To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
  4. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
  5. 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.
  5. A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
  6. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
  7. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Etymology

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…

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