English Explanatory Dictionary

hope

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
  2. To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
  3. To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
  4. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
  5. To wish.
noun
  1. The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
  2. The actual thing wished for.
  3. A person or thing that is a source of hope.
  4. The virtuous desire for future good.
noun
  1. A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
noun
  1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
  2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
name
  1. A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
  2. An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  4. A place name, including:
  5. A place in Canada:
  6. A town and district municipality in British Columbia.
  7. A community in the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
  8. A township municipality in Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
  9. A settlement near Richmond, Tasman district, New Zealand.
  10. A place in the United Kingdom:
  11. A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).
  12. A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3401).

Pronunciation

/ˈhəʊ̯p/ [ˈhəʊ̯p] /ˈhɵʊ̯p/ [ˈhɵ̞ʊ̯p] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hope.wav /ˈhoʊ̯p/ [ˈhoʊ̯p] /ˈhɔʊ̯p/ [ˈhɔʊ̯p] en-us-hope.ogg /ˈhəʉ̯p/ [ˈhəʉ̯p] /ˈhɐʉ̯p/ [ˈhɐ̝ʉ̯p]

Word forms

hope hopes hoping hoped no-table-tags glossary hopest hopedst hopeth

Etymology

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian hoopje (“to hope”), Cimbrian hòffan (“to hope”), Dutch hopen (“to hope”), German, Luxembourgish hoffen (“to hope”), Vilamovian höfnan (“hope”), Yiddish האָפֿן (hofn, “to hope”), Danish håbe (“to hope”), Norwegian Bokmål håpe (“to hope”), Norwegian Nynorsk håpa, håpe (“to hope”), Swedish hoppas (“to hope”).

Related words

aspire desire expect look forward want forlorn hope

Derived words

behope mishope overhope can but hope cross my heart and hope to die here's hoping hit and hope hoped for hope for the best, prepare for the worst I hope I may be shot I hope you're happy should hope would hope abandon hope, all ye who enter here all hope abandon ye who enter here beacon of hope Buckley's hope Cape of Good Hope dash someone's hopes get one's hopes up glimmer of hope great white hope hopeably hope against hope hope chess hope chest hopeful hopeium hopeless hopemonger hopenosis hopepunk hoper hope springs eternal hope springs eternal in the human breast Hope Town Hopewell Hopey McChange hopium in the hope of in the hope that keep hope alive live in hope Mount Hope no-hoper prisoner of hope ray of hope underhope unhope wanhope white hope Bob Hope Hope Cay Hope under Dinmore Hope Woodlands Port Hope Stanford-le-Hope

Translations

Catalan: Esperança French: Espérance French: Nadège Greek: Ελπίδα Hungarian: Reményke Italian: Speranza Polish: Nadzieja Polish: Nadia Portuguese: Esperança Russian: Наде́жда Russian: На́дя Spanish: Esperanza Ukrainian: Наді́я
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