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American Heritage Dictionary (10 definitions)
- To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.
- Archaic To have confidence; trust.
- To look forward to with confidence or expectation: We hope that our children will be successful.
- To expect and desire. See Synonyms at expect.
- A wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment.
- Something that is hoped for or desired: Success is our hope.
- One that is a source of or reason for hope: the team's only hope for victory.
- Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
- Archaic Trust; confidence.
- hope against hope To hope with little reason or justification.
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Century Dictionary (15 definitions)
Wiktionary (7 definitions)
GNU Webster's 1913 (9 definitions)
WordNet (9 definitions)
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My main hope is that, through our generosity, the Kenyan family realizes there are parts of the better-developed world where, come holiday time, caring families of all faiths will still go out and practice compassion alongside religion and frenzied holiday shopping.
You can call it hope, but I refuse to give up hope and assume all hope is lost.
The main hope is that there is a Democratic tsunami that will carry Franken to a win.
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Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian.
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