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Hope
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Hope
/həʊp/
A feeling of expectation and desire for something to happen or be successful
Synonyms:
expectation
aspiration
desire
confidence
trust
Antonyms:
despair
doubt
pessimism
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 Old English
hopian
, and further from Proto-West Germanic
*hopōn
; related to the Middle Dutch
hopen
and Dutch
hoop
, meaning expectation or trust.
Usage Statistics:
238 mentions per 1 million words
Very Often
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