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hope
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- pronunciation:
- hop
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Note, Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
Hope is a feeling of wanting something to happen and believing that it might happen.
Jada knows that it's hard to be ballet dancer, but she has hope that she will become one someday.- synonyms:
- optimism
- similar words:
- confidence, faith
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| definition 2: |
A thing that someone desires very much is a hope.
Their team's winning the basketball championship was the hope of the whole town.His mother's hope is that he will become a doctor one day.- synonyms:
- desire, wish
- similar words:
- ambition, dream, longing, mind
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| definition 3: |
A hope is a thing or a person that might help you get something you wish for.
This batter was their team's last hope.Please help me! You are my only hope.- similar words:
- ambition, desire, dream, possibility, promise, prospect
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| related words: |
want |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
hopes, hoping, hoped |
| definition 1: |
When you hope, you wish for something to happen and believe that it might happen.
Lena's grandmother is in the hospital. Everybody hopes she will get better soon.I hope it doesn't rain tomorrow.- synonyms:
- anticipate, think
- similar words:
- believe, expect, suppose, wish
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| definition 2: |
When you hope for something, you want it to exist or happen and you think there is a chance that it will.
My brother and I are hoping for a lot of snow tonight because my dad will take us sledding tomorrow if there is.- similar words:
- dream, wish
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| related words: |
aspire, cheer, long |
hope or wish?
Hope means to want something that is possible. Wish means to want something that is probably not possible. Compare: - I hope I pass the test.
- I wish I were ten years younger.
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