to hope (that)

  • 21hope */*/*/ — I UK [həʊp] / US [hoʊp] verb Word forms hope : present tense I/you/we/they hope he/she/it hopes present participle hoping past tense hoped past participle hoped [intransitive/transitive] to want and expect something to happen or be true hope… …

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  • 22Hope Leslie — Infobox Book name = Hope Leslie title orig = Early Times in Massachusetts image caption = author = Catharine Maria Sedgwick cover artist = country = language = English series = subject = genre = publisher = Penguin Classics pub date = 1827 media… …

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  • 23Hope — For other uses, see Hope (disambiguation). Allegory of hope; Oil on canvas, Francesco Guardi, 1747 Hope is the emotional state which promotes the belief in a positive outcome related to events and circumstances in one s life.[1] It is the feelin …

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  • 24hope — I n. 1) to arouse, inspire, stir up hope 2) to raise smb. s hopes 3) to express, voice a hope 4) to cherish, entertain, nurse a hope 5) to pin, place, put one s hopes on 6) to dash, deflate, dispel; thwart smb. s hopes 7) to abandon, give up hope …

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  • 25hope*/*/*/ — [həʊp] verb [I/T] I to want and expect something to happen or be true It wouldn t be sensible to hope for immediate success.[/ex] I hope that you ll enjoy your stay with us.[/ex] The university is hoping to raise £3, 000, 000.[/ex] • I hope not… …

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  • 26hope — hoper, n. hopingly, adv. /hohp/, n., v., hoped, hoping. n. 1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope. 2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning. 3. grounds for… …

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  • 27hope against hope — phrasal : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment * * * hope against hope To continue to hope when there is no (longer any) reason for hope • • • Main Entry: ↑hope * * * hope against hope phrase to hope that something will happen or… …

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  • 28hope — /hoʊp / (say hohp) noun 1. expectation of something desired; desire accompanied by expectation. 2. a particular instance of such expectation or desire: a hope of success. 3. confidence in a future event; ground for expecting something: there is… …

  • 29hope deferred makes the heart sick — With allusion to PROVERBS xiii., 12 (AV) Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; cf. c 1395 WYCLIF Bible (1850) Proverbs xiii. 13 Hope that is deferrid, tormenteth the soule; c 1527 J. RASTELL Calisto & Melebea A5v For long hope to the hart mych… …

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  • 30hope — 1. noun /həʊp,hɔʊp/ a) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. I still have some hope that I can get to work on time. b) The actual thing wished for After losing my job, theres no hope of being able to afford my… …

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