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Webster 1913 Edition

Hope

Hope

,
Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
hōp
a small bay or inlet.]
1.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
[Obs.]
2.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.

Hope

,
Noun.
[AS.,
akin to D
.
hoop
,
hope
, Sw.
hopp
, Dan.
haab
, MHG.
hoffe
.
Hope
in
forlorn hope
is different word. See
Forlorn hope
, under
Forlorn
.]
1.
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
The hypocrite’s
hope
shall perish.
Job vii. 13.
He wished, but not with
hope
.
Milton.
New thoughts of God, new
hopes
of Heaven.
Keble.
2.
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the
hope
of his people.
Joel iii. 16.
A young gentleman of great
hopes
, whose love of learning was highly commendable.
Macaulay.
3.
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's
hope
.
Shakespeare

Hope

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hoped
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hoping
.]
[AS.
hopian
; akin to D.
hopen
, Sw.
hoppan
, Dan.
haabe
, G.
hoffen
. See 2nd
Hope
.]
1.
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; – usually followed by for.
“Hope for good success.”
Jer. Taylor.
But I will
hope
continually.
Ps. lxxi. 14.
2.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; – usually followed by in.
“I hope in thy word.”
Ps. cxix. 81.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me?
Hope
thou in God.
Ps. xlii. 11.

Hope

(hōp)
,
Verb.
T.
1.
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
We
hope
no other from your majesty.
Shakespeare
[Charity]
hopeth
all things.
1 Cor. xiii. 7.
2.
To expect; to fear.
[Obs.]
“I hope he will be dead.”
Chaucer.
☞ Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. “I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood.”
Mrs. Centlivre.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hope

HOPE

,
Noun.
[L. cupio.]
1.
A desire of some good, accompanied with at least a slight expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable. Hope differs from wish and desire in this, that it implies some expectation of obtaining the good desired, or the possibility of possessing it. Hope therefore always gives pleasure or joy; whereas wish and desire may produce or be accompanied with pain and anxiety.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job.8.
He wish'ed, but not with hope--
Sweet hope! kind cheat!
He that lives upon hope, will die fasting.
2.
Confidence in a future event; the highest degree of well founded expectation of good; as a hope founded on God's gracious promises; a scriptural sense.
A well founded scriptural hope,is, in our religion, the source of ineffable happiness.
3.
That which gives hope; he or that which furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. The hope of Israel is the Messiah.
The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel 3.
4.
An opinion or belief not amounting to certainty, but grounded on substantial evidence. The christian indulges a hope, that his sins are pardoned.

HOPE

, v.i.
1.
To cherish a desire of food, with some expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable.
Hope for good success.
Be sober and hope to the end. 1 Pet.1.
Hope humbly then, with trembling pinions soar.
2.
To place confidence in; to trust in with confident expectation of good.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul,and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps.43.

HOPE

,
Verb.
T.
To desire with expectation of good, or a belief that it may be obtained. But as a transitive verb, it is seldom used,and the phrases in which it is so used are elliptical, for being understood.
So stands the Thracian herdsman with his spear,
Full in the gap,and hopes the hunted bear.

HOPE

,
Noun.
A sloping plain between ridges of mountains. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024

Hope

Hope

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English

Proper noun

Hope ‎(plural Hopes)

  1. A female given name from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
  2. An English and Scottish topographic surname​ for someone who lived in a hop, a small enclosed valley.
  3. A town in Arkansas.
  4. A town in British Columbia.
  5. A male given name

Translations

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English

Noun

hope ‎(countable and uncountable, plural hopes)

  1. (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
    • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 3, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
      My hopes wa'n't disappointed. I never saw clams thicker than they was along them inshore flats. I filled my dreener in no time, and then it come to me that 'twouldn't be a bad idee to get a lot more, take 'em with me to Wellmouth, and peddle 'em out.
    I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.‎
    After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.‎
    There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.‎
  2. (countable) The actual thing wished for.
  3. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
    We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.‎
  4. (Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.
    • The Holy Bible, 1 Corinthians 13:13
      But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian ‎(“to expect, hope”), from Proto-Germanic *hupōną ‎(“to hope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēwp-, *kwēp- ‎(“to smoke, boil”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian hoopje ‎(“to hope”), West Frisian hoopje ‎(“to hope”), Dutch hopen ‎(“to hope”), German hoffen ‎(“to hope”).

Verb

hope ‎(third-person singular simple present hopes, present participle hoping, simple past and past participle hoped)

  1. (intransitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
    I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.‎
    I am still hoping that all will turn out well.‎
    • 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
      He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
    • 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
      The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
  2. To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
  3. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
    • Bible, Psalms cxix. 81
      I hope in thy word.
    • Bible, Psalms xlii. 11
      Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
Usage notes
  • This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
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Etymology 3

From Middle English hope ‎(“a valley”), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames). More at hoop.

Noun

hope ‎(plural hopes)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.

Etymology 4

From Icelandic hóp ‎(“a small bay or inlet”). Cognate with English hoop.

Noun

hope ‎(plural hopes)

  1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
  2. (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)

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Most common English words before 1923: fact · known · thee · #316: hope · er · children · English

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

hope

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of hopen

Maori

Noun

hope

  1. waist
  2. hip (ringa hope)

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hopə/

Noun

hope n ‎(plural hopen)

  1. hope

Pronunciation

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