hope
Meaning of hope
noun
- a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.
he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information
I had high hopes of making the Olympic team
- a feeling of trust.
our private friendship, upon hope and affiance whereof, I presume to be your petitioner
- want something to happen or be the case.
he's hoping for an offer of compensation
I hope that the kids are OK
late Old English hopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb).
Information about hope
- The plural form of hope is: hopes.
- Languages in which hope is used:
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Hyphenation of hope
hope
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- hope is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
hope synonyms
Meaning promise:
Meaning Hope:
Meaning trust:
Meaning a hope or ambition of achieving something:
Meaning a desire or hope for something to happen:
Meaning a strong belief that something will happen or be the case:
Meaning a strong desire to do or achieve something:
Meaning a purpose or intention; a desired outcome:
Meaning an intention or decision about what one is going to do:
Meaning a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal:
Meaning a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present:
Meaning a yearning desire:
Meaning a feeling of intense longing for something:
Meaning a powerful desire for something:
Meaning a strong desire to have or do something:
Meaning regard (something) as likely to happen:
Meaning regard as probable; expect or predict:
Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:
Translation of hope
- French: espoir, espérance, espérer
- German: Hoffnung, hoffen
- Italian: speranza, sperare
- Portuguese: esperança, esperar
- Spanish: esperanza, esperar
Anagrams of hope
Words that rhyme with hope
Hope, Goodhope, Springhope, Stanhope, stanhope, unhope, wanhope, Fairhope, afterhope, overhope, Shope, shope
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