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Hope   /hoʊp/   Listen
Hope

verb
(past & past part. hoped; pres. part. hoping)
1.
Expect and wish.  Synonyms: desire, trust.  "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
2.
Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
3.
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment.  Synonym: go for.
noun
1.
A specific instance of feeling hopeful.
2.
The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.
3.
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.  Synonym: promise.
4.
Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered.
5.
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003).  Synonyms: Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope.
6.
One of the three Christian virtues.



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"Hope" Quotes from Famous Books



... white with a copper-colored silhouette of the island (the name Cyprus is derived from the Greek word for copper) above two green crossed olive branches in the center of the flag; the branches symbolize the hope for peace and reconciliation between the Greek and Turkish communities note: the Turkish Cypriot flag has a horizontal red stripe at the top and bottom between which is a red crescent and red star on ...
— The 2003 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
... the end of my cautions," smiled Mrs. King, "the end, except to say that I hope you won't like Surfside so well that you'll forget to come home now and then and tell me how you are making out. Of course I'll have my boarders and work same's you; still, there'll be times when we won't be busy and can ...
— Walter and the Wireless • Sara Ware Bassett
... come back next year and visit me. I do hope I shall make a good house mother. Do you know, Anne, in my mind I've already picked out a motto to hang over my door. It is, 'Blessed are they that have ...
— Grace Harlowe's Fourth Year at Overton College • Jessie Graham Flower
... by invading Italy. Italy has all things to burn, from statuary to Leghorn hats. In three months we shall be at Milan. There we can at least provide ourselves with fine collections of oil-paintings. Meantime let the army feed on hope and wrap themselves in meditation. It's poor stuff, but there's plenty of it, and it's cheap. On holidays give the poor fellows extra rations, and if hope does not sustain them, cheer them up with promises of drink. ...
— Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica • John Kendrick Bangs
... Cape Journal,[180] referring to Dessin or Rabbit Island at the Cape of Good Hope, says that it is "dreadfully exposed to the south-east winds. A gentleman told me of a natural phenomenon he had met with when shooting there; his dog pointed at a rabbit's hole, where the company within were placed so near the opening that he ...
— Heads and Tales • Various


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