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hope

verb
/ˈhəʊ̯p/UK/ˈhoʊ̯p/US/ˈhəʉ̯p//ˈhoʊp/US/ˈhəʊp/UK

Etymology

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian hoopje (“to hope”), Cimbrian hòffan (“to hope”), Dutch hopen (“to hope”), German, Luxembourgish hoffen (“to hope”), Vilamovian höfnan (“hope”), Yiddish האָפֿן (hofn, “to hope”), Danish håbe (“to hope”), Norwegian Bokmål håpe (“to hope”), Norwegian Nynorsk håpa, håpe (“to hope”), Swedish hoppas (“to hope”).

  1. inherited from *hopōn✻
  2. inherited from hopian
  3. inherited from hopen

Definitions

  1. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+…

    To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

    • They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.
    • He's still hoping that everything will turn out fine.
    • — Is he going to shut up soon? — I hope so.

  2. To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+…

    To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].

    • I hope to succeed.
    • I hope to be going back again soon.
    • I was hoping to find a pair of jeans, but I couldn't.

  3. To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or…

    To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].

    • They're hoping for the best, but I don't think it's looking very good.
    • I'm hoping for my boss to offer me a pay raise.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. To place confidence

      To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].

      • I hope in thy word.
      • Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.

    2. To wish.

      • I hope you all the best.

    3. The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or…

      The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

      • All hopes for a truce are gone after the latest attack.
      • After losing my job, there's frail hope of affording my world cruise.
      • There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.

    4. The actual thing wished for.

    5. 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.

    6. The virtuous desire for future good.

      • But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

    7. A hollow

      A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.

    8. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

    9. A small bay

      A small bay; an inlet; a haven.

      • Being by contrarie winds driuen to staie against Erith, at Grauesend, in Tilberie hope.
      • A little hamlet which straggled along the side of a creek formed by the discharge of a small brook into the sea[…]It was called Wolf's Hope (i.e. Wolf's Haven).

    10. A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by…

      A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.

    11. An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in…

      An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.

    12. A male given name transferred from the surname.

    13. A place name, including

      A place name, including:

The neighborhood

Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at hope. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at hope. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at hope

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA