HOPE
\hˈə͡ʊp], \hˈəʊp], \h_ˈəʊ_p]\
Definitions of HOPE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
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grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
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a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
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the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"
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someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory"
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be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"
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expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
By Princeton University
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intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
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grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
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a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"
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the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"
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someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory"
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be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
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One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
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That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
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To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
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To expect; to fear.
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To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.
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To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
By Oddity Software
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A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
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One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
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That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
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To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
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To expect; to fear.
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To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.
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To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
By Noah Webster.
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The desire of good accompanied by expectation; anticipation; confidence; the object of desire.
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To expect with confidence or desire.
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To cherish a desire for good; trust confidently.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To cherish a desire of good with expectation of obtaining it: to place confidence (in).
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To desire with expectation or with belief in the prospect of obtaining.
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A desire of some good, with expectation of obtaining it: confidence: anticipation: he who or that which furnishes ground of expectation: that which is hoped for.
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Troop, only in the phrase forlorn-hope.
By Daniel Lyons
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Expectation of good; that which is hoped for, or occasions hope.
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To desire and expect.
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To expect good.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To desire with expectation of obtaining; cherish desire mingled with expectation.
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Desire accompanied by expectation.
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The cause of hopeful expectation.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A desire of some good, accompanied with expectation of obtaining it, or the recognition of better things in store, accompanied with all due effort to gain them; confidence in a future event; anticipation; he in whom or that in which we have hope; what is hoped for.
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To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained.
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To cherish a desire of good, with some expectation of obtaining it; to place confidence in.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The desire of good, accompanied with some degree of expectation of obtaining it, or with a belief that it is attainable; anticipation of future good; trust; opinion or belief not amounting to certainty.
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To cherish a desire of good, with some degree of expectation of attaining it; to trust in with confident anticipation of good.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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