hope

Meaning of hope

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
    I had high hopes of making the Olympic team
  2. a feeling of trust.
    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
    I hope that the kids are OK

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

Information about hope

  • The plural form of hope is: hopes.
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Hyphenation of hope

hope

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • hope is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

hope synonyms

Meaning promise:

promise

Meaning Hope:

Hope

Meaning trust:

trust, desire

Meaning a hope or ambition of achieving something:

aspiration

Meaning a desire or hope for something to happen:

wish

Meaning a strong belief that something will happen or be the case:

expectation

Meaning a strong desire to do or achieve something:

ambition

Meaning a purpose or intention; a desired outcome:

aim

Meaning an intention or decision about what one is going to do:

plan

Meaning a cherished aspiration, ambition, or ideal:

dream

Meaning a series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present:

daydream

Meaning a yearning desire:

longing

Meaning a feeling of intense longing for something:

yearning

Meaning a powerful desire for something:

craving

Meaning a strong desire to have or do something:

hankering

Meaning regard (something) as likely to happen:

expect

Meaning regard as probable; expect or predict:

anticipate

Meaning have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for:

want

Translation of hope

Anagrams of hope

peho

Words that rhyme with hope

Hope, Goodhope, Springhope, Stanhope, stanhope, unhope, wanhope, Fairhope, afterhope, overhope, Shope, shope

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