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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)

  1. (countable or uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
  2. (countable) The actual thing wished for.
  3. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
  4. (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)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
  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.
  4. (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)

  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.

Results 374 Words with the letters HOPE

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8 letter words with the letters HOPE 
7 letter words with the letters HOPE 
6 letter words with the letters HOPE 
CHEAPO 14
EPHODS 12
EPHORI 11
EPHORS 11
EPOCHS 14
GOPHER 13
HOLPEN 13
HOOPED 12
HOOPER 11
HOOPOE 11
HOPERS 11
HOPPED 15
HOPPER 14
HOPPLE 15
HYPOED 14
JOSEPH 20
OPHITE 11
OUPHES 12
PHENOL 13
PHENOM 15
PHLOEM 15
PHOEBE 14
PHONED 13
PHONES 12
PHONEY 14
PHOOEY 13
POOHED 12
POSHER 11
POTHER 11
SHOPPE 14
THORPE 11
TOPHES 11
UPHOVE 16
UPHROE 12
5 letter words with the letters HOPE 
EPHOD 11
EPHOR 10
EPOCH 13
HOPED 11
HOPER 10
HOPES 10
OUPHE 11
PHONE 11
TOPHE 10
4 letter words with the letters HOPE 
HOPE 9
3 letter words with the letters HOPE 
HEP 8
HOE 5
HOP 8
OPE 6
PEH 8
POH 8
2 letter words with the letters HOPE 
EH 4
HE 4
HO 4
OE 2
OH 4
OP 5
PE 5

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