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   hope

   /həʊp/

   noun

   • 1. 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" Similar aspirationdesirewishexpectationambitionaimplandreamdaydreampipe dreamlongingyearningcravinghankering
   • ▪ a person or thing that may help or save someone: "their only hope is surgery" Similar optimismgrounds for hopepromiselight at the end of the tunnelOpposite pessimism
   • ▪ grounds for believing that something good may happen: "he does see some hope for the future" Similar hopefulnessoptimismexpectationexpectancyconfidencefaithtrustbeliefconvictionassurance
   • 2. a feeling of trust: archaic "our private friendship, upon hope and affiance whereof, I presume to be your petitioner"

   verb

   • 1. want something to happen or be the case: "he's hoping for an offer of compensation" Similar expectanticipatelook forwait forbe hopeful ofpin one's hopes onwantwish fordream ofhope against hope forOpposite despair of
   • ▪ intend if possible to do something: "we're hoping to address all these issues" Similar aimintendbe lookinghave the/every intentionhave in mindplanaspire

   Word Origin late Old Englishhopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb).

   Derivatives

   • 1. hoper noun

   Scrabble Points: 9

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