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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

1. a specific instance of feeling hopeful;
- Example: "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"

2. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;
- Example: "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"

3. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
- Example: "there is little or no promise that he will recover"
[syn: promise, hope]

4. someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
- Example: "he was their best hope for a victory"

5. United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003);
[syn: Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope]

6. one of the three Christian virtues;


VERB (3)

1. expect and wish;
- Example: "I trust you will behave better from now on"
- Example: "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"
[syn: hope, trust, desire]

2. be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;
- Example: "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"

3. intend with some possibility of fulfilment;
- Example: "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"
[syn: hope, go for]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hope \Hope\, n. [Cf. Icel. h[=o]p a small bay or inlet.] 1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hope \Hope\, n. [AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under Forlorn.] 1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy. [1913 Webster] The hypocrite's hope shall perish. --Job vii. 13. [1913 Webster] He wished, but not with hope. --Milton. [1913 Webster] New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. --Keble. [1913 Webster] 2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. [1913 Webster] The Lord will be the hope of his people. --Joel iii. 16. [1913 Webster] A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope. [1913 Webster] Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hope \Hope\ (h[=o]p), v. t. 1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of. [1913 Webster] We hope no other from your majesty. --Shak. [1913 Webster] [Charity] hopeth all things. --1 Cor. xiii. 7. [1913 Webster] 2. To expect; to fear. [Obs.] "I hope he will be dead." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Note: Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. "I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood." --Mrs. Centlivre. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hope \Hope\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hoped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping.] [AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hoppan, Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd Hope.] 1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for. "Hope for good success." --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] But I will hope continually. --Ps. lxxi. 14. [1913 Webster] 2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in. "I hope in thy word." --Ps. cxix. 81. [1913 Webster] Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. --Ps. xlii. 11. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

hope n 1: a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant" 2: the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" [ant: despair] 3: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" [syn: promise, hope] 4: someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory" 5: United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003) [syn: Hope, Bob Hope, Leslie Townes Hope] 6: one of the three Christian virtues v 1: expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" [syn: hope, trust, desire] 2: be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" [ant: despair] 3: intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" [syn: hope, go for]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

198 Moby Thesaurus words for "hope": acceptation, acception, ache for, acquiescence, ambition, anticipate, anticipation, approach, ardor, aspire, aspire to, assumption, assurance, assuredness, await, bank on, bare possibility, be destined, be dying for, be fated, be hurting for, be imminent, be to be, be to come, belief, cardinal virtues, catch, certainty, chance, charity, cheerful expectation, clamor for, come, come on, conceivability, conceivableness, concupiscence, confide, confidence, contemplate, contingency, conviction, count, count on, craving, credence, credit, credulity, cry for, curiosity, daydream, dearest wish, dependence, dernier ressort, desideration, desideratum, desire, draw near, draw on, dread, drive, eagerness, envisage, even chance, eventuality, expect, expectancy, expectation, expedient, face, faith, fancy, fantasy, feel confident, forbidden fruit, foresee, foretell, fortitude, gape for, glimmering goal, golden vision, good chance, good possibility, hankering, harbor the hope, have in mind, hone for, hope against hope, hope and pray, hope for, hope in, hope to God, horme, intellectual curiosity, itch for, justice, languish for, last resort, lean upon, libido, lie ahead, likelihood, live in hopes, lodestone, long for, longing, look, look for, look forward to, loom, love, lust for, lust for learning, magnet, mind, natural virtues, near, need, nurture the hope, off chance, optimism, outside chance, outside hope, pant for, passion, pine for, pis aller, plan, pleasure, pleasure principle, plot, plum, possibility, possibleness, potential, potentiality, predict, presume, prize, probability, project, promise, prophesy, prospect, prudence, reception, recourse, reliance, reliance on, rely on, remote possibility, resort, resource, rest assured, sanguine expectation, security, sexual desire, sigh for, small hope, spoil for, stock, store, supernatural virtues, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, take for granted, temperance, temptation, the attainable, the feasible, the possible, theological virtues, think, thinkability, thinkableness, thirst for, thirst for knowledge, threaten, trophy, trust, urge, virtuality, wait, want, wanting, weary for, what is possible, what may be, what might be, will, will and pleasure, wish, wish for, wish fulfillment, yearn for, yearning, yen for
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Hope A functional programming language designed by R.M. Burstall, D.B. MacQueen and D.T. Sanella at University of Edinburgh in 1978. It is a large language supporting user-defined prefix, infix or distfix operators. Hope has polymorphic typing and allows overloading of operators which requires explicit type declarations. Hope has lazy lists and was the first language to use call-by-pattern. It has been ported to Unix, Macintosh, and IBM PC. See also Hope+, Hope+C, Massey Hope, Concurrent Massey Hope. (ftp://brolga.cc.uq.oz.au/pub/hope). [R.M.Burstall, D.B.MacQueen, D.T.Sanella, "HOPE: An experimental applicative language", Proc. 1980 Lisp conf., Stanford, CA, p.136-143, Aug 1980]. ["A HOPE Tutorial", R. Bailey, BYTE Aug 1985, pp.235-258]. ["Functional Programming with Hope", R. Bailey, Ellis Horwood 1990]. (1992-11-27)
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Hope one of the three main elements of Christian character (1 Cor. 13:13). It is joined to faith and love, and is opposed to seeing or possessing (Rom. 8:24; 1 John 3:2). "Hope is an essential and fundamental element of Christian life, so essential indeed, that, like faith and love, it can itself designate the essence of Christianity (1 Pet. 3:15; Heb. 10:23). In it the whole glory of the Christian vocation is centred (Eph. 1:18; 4:4)." Unbelievers are without this hope (Eph. 2:12; 1 Thess. 4:13). Christ is the actual object of the believer's hope, because it is in his second coming that the hope of glory will be fulfilled (1 Tim. 1:1; Col. 1:27; Titus 2:13). It is spoken of as "lively", i.e., a living, hope, a hope not frail and perishable, but having a perennial life (1 Pet. 1:3). In Rom. 5:2 the "hope" spoken of is probably objective, i.e., "the hope set before us," namely, eternal life (comp. 12:12). In 1 John 3:3 the expression "hope in him" ought rather to be, as in the Revised Version, "hope on him," i.e., a hope based on God.
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

HOPE, n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left -- Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When even his dog deserts him, and his goat With tranquil disaffection chews his coat While yet it hangs upon his back; then thou, The star far-flaming on thine angel brow, Descendest, radiant, from the skies to hint The promise of a clerkship in the Mint. Fogarty Weffing
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, AK -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Alaska Population (2000): 137 Housing Units (2000): 175 Land area (2000): 51.703701 sq. miles (133.911964 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.081422 sq. miles (0.210883 sq. km) Total area (2000): 51.785123 sq. miles (134.122847 sq. km) FIPS code: 33580 Located within: Alaska (AK), FIPS 02 Location: 60.919433 N, 149.642044 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, AK Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas Population (2000): 10616 Housing Units (2000): 4301 Land area (2000): 9.996867 sq. miles (25.891766 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.058265 sq. miles (0.150905 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.055132 sq. miles (26.042671 sq. km) FIPS code: 33190 Located within: Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05 Location: 33.667779 N, 93.589908 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, AR Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, NM -- U.S. village in New Mexico Population (2000): 107 Housing Units (2000): 58 Land area (2000): 1.159862 sq. miles (3.004029 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.159862 sq. miles (3.004029 sq. km) FIPS code: 33290 Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35 Location: 32.811916 N, 104.733565 W ZIP Codes (1990): 88250 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, NM Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, ND -- U.S. city in North Dakota Population (2000): 303 Housing Units (2000): 155 Land area (2000): 0.617164 sq. miles (1.598447 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.617164 sq. miles (1.598447 sq. km) FIPS code: 38860 Located within: North Dakota (ND), FIPS 38 Location: 47.322761 N, 97.720760 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, ND Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho Population (2000): 79 Housing Units (2000): 57 Land area (2000): 0.401105 sq. miles (1.038858 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.014263 sq. miles (0.036941 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.415368 sq. miles (1.075799 sq. km) FIPS code: 38440 Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16 Location: 48.248728 N, 116.309214 W ZIP Codes (1990): 83836 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, ID Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, IN -- U.S. town in Indiana Population (2000): 2140 Housing Units (2000): 849 Land area (2000): 0.954381 sq. miles (2.471836 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.954381 sq. miles (2.471836 sq. km) FIPS code: 34744 Located within: Indiana (IN), FIPS 18 Location: 39.299971 N, 85.766801 W ZIP Codes (1990): 47246 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, IN Hope
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Hope, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas Population (2000): 372 Housing Units (2000): 185 Land area (2000): 0.452661 sq. miles (1.172387 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.452661 sq. miles (1.172387 sq. km) FIPS code: 33075 Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20 Location: 38.689536 N, 97.076815 W ZIP Codes (1990): 67451 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Hope, KS Hope