English Explanatory Dictionary

hopedict

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To predict (an outcome) not because one finds it probable but because one prefers it. To predict with optimism.

Word forms

hopedict hopedicts hopedicting hopedicted

Etymology

Blend of hope + predict.

Related words

hopediction

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