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What (who) is hope - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE

HOPE; Hope (Album); Hope (music); Hope (fictional character); Hope (song); Hope (song) (disambiguation); Hope (album); Hope (film); Hope (EP); Hope (spacecraft); Hope (band); Hope (group); Hope (novel); HOPE (organization); Hope (painting)

hope

OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE OF MIND BASED ON AN EXPECTATION OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES

Hopes; Hopefulness

I

n.

1) to arouse, inspire, stir up hope

2) to raise smb.'s hopes

3) to express, voice a hope

4) to cherish, entertain, nurse a hope

5) to pin, place, put one's hopes on

6) to dash, deflate, dispel; thwart smb.'s hopes

7) to abandon, give up hope

8) an ardent, fervent, fond; faint, slender, slight; false; high; idle, illusory, vain; real; realistic, reasonable; unrealistic, unreasonable hope

9) hopes come true; fade

10) a flicker, glimmer, ray, spark of hope

11) hope for, in, of (hope of recovery; we had high hopes for her)

12) a hope that + clause (it was our hope that they would settle near us; there was little hope that she would be elected)

13) in, with the hope (we returned to the park in the hope of finding her wallet)

14) beyond, past hope

II

v.

1) to hope fervently, sincerely, very much

2) (D; intr.) to hope for (to hope for an improvement)

3) (E) she hopes to see them soon

4) (L) we hope that you are comfortable

5) (misc.) I hope so; I hope not

Hope

OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE OF MIND BASED ON AN EXPECTATION OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES

Hopes; Hopefulness

·noun A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

II. Hope ·noun A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

III. Hope ·noun That which is hoped for; an object of hope.

IV. Hope ·vt To Expect; to Fear.

V. Hope ·vi To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good;

- usually followed by in.

VI. Hope ·noun One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.

VII. Hope ·vt 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.

VIII. Hope ·noun 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.

IX. Hope ·vi 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.

hope

OPTIMISTIC ATTITUDE OF MIND BASED ON AN EXPECTATION OF POSITIVE OUTCOMES

Hopes; Hopefulness

(hopes, hoping, hoped)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

If you hope that something is true, or if you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely.

She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray...

He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation...

I hope to get a job within the next two weeks...

The researchers hope that such a vaccine could be available in about ten years' time...

'We'll speak again.'-'I hope so.'...

VERB: V, V for n, V to-inf, V that, V so/not

2.

If you say that you cannot hope for something, or if you talk about the only thing that you can hope to get, you mean that you are in a bad situation, and there is very little chance of improving it.

Things aren't ideal, but that's the best you can hope for...

...these mountains, which no one can hope to penetrate.

VERB: with brd-neg, V for n, V to-inf

•

Hope is also a noun.

The only hope for underdeveloped countries is to become, as far as possible, self-reliant...

N-VAR

3.

Hope is a feeling of desire and expectation that things will go well in the future.

But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit...

Consumer groups still hold out hope that the president will change his mind...

N-UNCOUNT

4.

If someone wants something to happen, and considers it likely or possible, you can refer to their hopes of that thing, or to their hope that it will happen.

They have hopes of increasing trade between the two regions...

The delay in the programme has dashed Japan's hopes of commercial success in space...

N-COUNT: with supp, oft N of n/-ing, N that

5.

If you think that the help or success of a particular person or thing will cause you to be successful or to get what you want, you can refer to them as your hope.

Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.

N-COUNT: with supp

6.

If you are in a difficult situation and do something and hope for the best, you hope that everything will happen in the way you want, although you know that it may not.

Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best.

PHRASE: V inflects

7.

If you tell someone not to get their hopes up, or not to build their hopes up, you are warning them that they should not become too confident of progress or success.

There is no reason for people to get their hopes up over this mission...

PHRASE: V inflects

8.

If you say that someone has not got a hope in hell of doing something, you are emphasizing that they will not be able to do it. (INFORMAL)

Everybody knows they haven't got a hope in hell of forming a government anyway.

PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, oft PHR of -ing [emphasis]

9.

If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen.

I had high hopes that Derek Randall might play an important part...

PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR, usu PHR that, PHR of n/-ing, PHR for n

10.

If you hope against hope that something will happen, you hope that it will happen, although it seems impossible.

She glanced about the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her.

PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR that

11.

You use 'I hope' in expressions such as 'I hope you don't mind' and 'I hope I'm not disturbing you', when you are being polite and want to make sure that you have not offended someone or disturbed them.

I hope you don't mind me coming to see you...

I hope I haven't said anything to upset you.

PHRASE: PHR with cl [politeness]

12.

You say 'I hope' when you want to warn someone not to do something foolish or dangerous.

I hope you won't be too harsh with the girl...

PHRASE: PHR with cl, PHR not

13.

If you do one thing in the hope of another thing happening, you do it because you think it might cause or help the other thing to happen, which is what you want.

He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college...

PHRASE: PHR after v, PHR of -ing, PHR that

14.

If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish.

My mother bought lots of tickets and lived in hope of winning the prize.

PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR that, PHR of -ing

15.

If you say 'Some hope', or 'Not a hope', you think there is no possibility that something will happen, although you may want it to happen. (INFORMAL)

The industry reckons it will see orders swell by 10% this financial year. Some hope.

CONVENTION [feelings]

Wikipedia

Hope (disambiguation)

Hope is an attitude which combines desire with expectation.

Hope or HOPE may also refer to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope (disambiguation)

Examples of use of hope

1. Not hope like the hope of Obama, but nevertheless the hope of Barak.

2. "Maybe the emotion was hope, hope for a better future, hope for reform," she said.

3. That‘s what hope is. (APPLAUSE) That‘s what hope is.

4. Then again, we should all check out Hope Against Hope.

5. "It is about hope, certainly about Hope, Arkansas.