hope and faith
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3.6
- noun
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esperanza y fe
- The community came together in hope and faith, believing they could overcome the difficulties ahead.
But I, I think I have more hope and faith than doubt as a default.
- But I, I think I have more hope and faith than doubt as a default.
- So I think that kind of hope and faith and religiosity makes you have a weird tie with your family.
- We're new, you know, we're not even at our two year mark, and I have hope and faith that we're going to get there.
Examples
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Despite the challenges they faced, they held on to hope and faith that things would improve.
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We're new, you know, we're not even at our two year mark, and I have hope and faith that we're going to get there.
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Last season was about hope and faith, finding a place where they can build a real life for themselves.
Blog text (31) -
To believe is to have hope and faith in the universe that there is much, much more than meets the eye.
Blog text (6) -
And for once, can someone please have some hope and faith in this country to see that we can pull ourselves out of this rabbit hole we have dug ourselves into?
Blog text (12) -
It gives us an opportunity to rediscover our lost hope and faith.
Blog text (12) -
In times of uncertainty, having hope and faith can provide the strength needed to keep moving forward.
Synonyms
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1.0
A feeling that something good will happen
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1.4
Complete trust in a person, plan, or thing
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2.8
A tendency to expect good results and see the positive side of things
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3.6
Feeling hopeful and expecting a good result
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1.3
A feeling that good things will happen
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8.5
A cheerful, confident feeling about the future
A strong, lasting belief that things will get better even in hard times
Antonyms
How Certain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase simply conjoins two familiar nouns whose senses — optimistic expectation (hope) and trust/spiritual conviction (faith) — directly compose the combined meaning, and the coordinating 'and' signals straightforward addition. This composition is cross-linguistically common and follows transparent semantic composition, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Hope and faith comes from old prayers and songs that often put hope (expecting something good) and faith (a firm belief) together. That picture of wanting something and also believing it explains why the phrase means a mix of 'expecting something good' and 'firm belief' today.