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Hope
/həʊp/
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- verb
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
“I am still hoping that all will turn out well.”
- verb
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- verb
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
Where it comes from
Hope is Old English hopa for the feeling, and hopian for the verb. It is a native word, close to Dutch hoop. It has long meant a wish for something good that has not happened yet, together with the feeling that it might.
In a sentence
- People have lost hope.by CK, Tatoeba
- Hope you like it.by CM, Tatoeba
- Is there any hope?by ddnktr, Tatoeba
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