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Definition hope
Etymology 1
From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Germanic *hupô, *hup?, *hup? (“hope”), from Proto-Germanic *hup?n? (“to hope”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?wp-, *kw?p- (“to smoke, boil”). Cognate with West Frisian hope (“hope”), Dutch hoop (“hope”), Middle High German hoffe (“hope”). Extra-Germanic cognates include Latin cupio (“I desire, crave”) and possibly Latin vapor (“vapor; smoke”).
Noun
hope (countable and uncountable, plural hopes)
- (countable or uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
Etymology 2
From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“to expect, hope”), from Proto-Germanic *hup?n? (“to hope”), from Proto-Indo-European *k?wp-, *kw?p- (“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)
- (intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
Etymology 3
From Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English h?p (found only in placenames). More at hoop.
Noun
hope (plural hopes)
- (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)
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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