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Hope   /hoʊp/   Listen
Hope

verb
(past & past part. hoped; pres. part. hoping)
1.
Expect and wish.  Synonyms: desire, trust.  "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
2.
Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
3.
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.  Synonym: go for.
noun
1.
A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
2.
The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.
3.
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.  Synonym: promise.
4.
Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered.
5.
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003).  Synonyms: Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope.
6.
One of the three Christian virtues.



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"Hope" Quotes from Famous Books



... captured her friends? or was she alone to be the victim of their vengeance? What would be the feelings of those I beloved ones on returning to their home and finding it desolate! Was there no hope of release? As these ideas chased each other through her agitated mind, she raised her eyes all streaming with tears to the faces of the Indian and his companions with so piteous a look, that any heart but the stoical ...
— Canadian Crusoes - A Tale of The Rice Lake Plains • Catharine Parr Traill
... the longing for tranquillity, then, we cannot confidently hope that rebellion will be less the characteristic of the present generation than of the past. It is true, we are told that, in this country at all events, the necessity for active and political rebellion is past. However ...
— Essays in Rebellion • Henry W. Nevinson
... a moment of hesitation. But the manner of these men, their swift alacrity, their words, marched so completely with his own fears of the Council, with his idea and hope of a rescue, that it lasted not a moment. And ...
— The Sleeper Awakes - A Revised Edition of When the Sleeper Wakes • H.G. Wells
... Oh, oh, oh! He even casts doubt on our marriage. The vine of my hope climbed high, ...
— Translations of Shakuntala and Other Works • Kaalidaasa
... no thought of quarreling in the beginning. But there are some things a self-respecting chap can't stand. I have SOME pride, I hope." ...
— The Portygee • Joseph Crosby Lincoln


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