HOPE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Hope mean?
• HOPE (noun)
The noun HOPE has 6 senses:
1. a specific instance of feeling hopeful
2. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
3. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
4. someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
5. United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
6. one of the three Christian virtues
Familiarity information: HOPE used as a noun is common.
• HOPE (verb)
The verb HOPE has 3 senses:
1. expect and wish
2. be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
3. intend with some possibility of fulfilment
Familiarity information: HOPE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• HOPE (noun)
Meaning:
A specific instance of feeling hopeful
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
it revived their hope of winning the pennant
Hypernyms ("hope" is a kind of...):
anticipation; expectancy (pleasurable expectation)
Meaning:
The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Context example:
in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
Hypernyms ("hope" is a kind of...):
feeling (the experiencing of affective and emotional states)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hope"):
hopefulness (the feeling you have when you have hope)
encouragement (the feeling of being encouraged)
optimism (the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well)
Antonym:
despair (the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well)
Meaning:
Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
promise; hope
Context example:
there is little or no promise that he will recover
Hypernyms ("hope" is a kind of...):
expectation; outlook; prospect (belief about (or mental picture of) the future)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hope"):
rainbow (an illusory hope)
Meaning:
Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Context example:
he was their best hope for a victory
Hypernyms ("hope" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hope"):
great white hope; white hope (someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field)
Meaning:
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Bob Hope; Leslie Townes Hope; Hope
Instance hypernyms:
comedian; comic (a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts)
Meaning:
One of the three Christian virtues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("hope" is a kind of...):
supernatural virtue; theological virtue (according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith and hope and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues)
• HOPE (verb)
Meaning:
Expect and wish
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
hope; desire; trust
Context examples:
I trust you will behave better from now on / I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
Hypernyms (to "hope" is one way to...):
wish (hope for; have a wish)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
They hope to move
Meaning:
Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Context example:
I am still hoping that all will turn out well
Hypernyms (to "hope" is one way to...):
desire; want (feel or have a desire for; want strongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Antonym:
despair (abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart)
Meaning:
Intend with some possibility of fulfilment
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
go for; hope
Context example:
I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
Hypernyms (to "hope" is one way to...):
be after; plan (have the will and intention to carry out some action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
