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hope
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: h?p, IPA(key): /h??p/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ho?p/
- Rhymes: -??p
Etymology 1
From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“to expect, hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hop?n, further etymology unclear.
Verb
hope (third-person singular simple present hopes, present participle hoping, simple past and past participle hoped)
- (intransitive, transitive) To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Psalms cxix. 81
- I hope in thy word.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Psalms xlii. 11
- Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), Psalms cxix. 81
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Derived terms
- here's hoping
- hoped for
Translations
See also
- aspire
- desire
- expect
- look forward
- want
Etymology 2
From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from the verb hope.
Noun
hope (countable and uncountable, plural hopes)
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
- But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.
Derived terms
Related terms
- forlorn hope
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English h?p (found only in placenames). More at hoop.
Noun
hope (plural hopes)
- (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)
- A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
- (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Jamieson to this entry?)
Anagrams
- pheo, pheo-
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
hope
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of hopen
Maori
Noun
hope
- waist
- hip (ringa hope)
Shona
Etymology
From the root of Common Bantu *d??kópè, whence also chikope (“eyelid”).
Noun
hópé 10
- sleep
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ho?p?/
Noun
hope n (no plural)
- Alternative form of hoop
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presumptive
English
Etymology
From Middle English, from French présomptif, from Latin praesumptivus, from praesumere.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???z?mpt?v/
Adjective
presumptive (comparative more presumptive, superlative most presumptive)
- Based on presumption, probability, conjecture, hypothesis or belief.
- By late May, he was already considered his party's presumptive nominee.
- Making presumptions; behaving as one who presumes, who assumes that which they perhaps should not.
- Forgive me for being presumptive, but aren't you and Mark engaged?
Synonyms
- (based on presumption): likely, presumed
- (making presumptions): presumptuous
Derived terms
- presumptively
- presumptiveness
Related terms
- heir presumptive
Translations
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