HOPE

Hope

Hope is the state which promotes the desire of positive outcomes related to events and circumstances in one's life or in the world at large. Despair is often regarded as the opposite of hope. Hope is the "feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best" or the act of "look1 forward to something with desire and reasonable confidence" or "feel2 that something desired may happen". Other definitions are "to cherish a desire with anticipation"; "to desire with expectation of obtainment"; or "to expect with confidence". In the English language the word can be used as either a ...

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hope

Noun

  1. The 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 (etymology 2)

  1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
  2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

Verb

  1. To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
  2. To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
  3. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.


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