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Hope
/həʊp/
A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen
Synonyms:
expectation
anticipation
optimism
Antonyms:
despair
hopelessness
doubt
Examples:
Henry
hoped
he sounded convincing.
I have lost my
hopes
of glory.
'We are
hoping
that the rabbits will make good food.'
Etymology:
From Middle English hope, hopa, from Old English hopa (
expectation, hope
), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop, and German Hoffnung.
Usage Statistics:
238 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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