to hope

Examples

• All

• I just hope it's, you know, I just hope it's good, right?

• I don't know for sure, but I hope we will see.

• So hi friends, I hope this was useful.

• I hope you enjoy the show.

  Straw Dogs (1971)

• In the end, I finally decided to click "send" and hope for the best.

  Academic text (2011)

• We are going to cross our fingers and hope we can figure it out.

• So, yeah, let's just hope this goes well, OK?

• This is unfortunate and I hope we will change that.

  YaleCourses

• And in the end, I do hope humanity prevails.

  Lex Fridman

• I really hope to see you at the party this weekend.

Synonyms

D

desire

vsto hope

∞ 1.6

A strong wish to have or experience something

wants plus belief it is possible but with less intensity than that feeling

W

wish

vsto hope

474 1.0

A hope for something to happen or be true

expresses wanting plus belief it is possible rather than a general request

D

to dream of

vsto hope

385 2.7

To wish for something you want, often something unlikely to happen

wants and believes it is possible rather than treating it as unlikely fantasy

T

to trust

vsto hope

344 1.0

To expect something to happen with confidence

wants the outcome and believes it may be possible but not as confident

Antonyms

D

to despair

44 4.1

To lose all hope

Idioms

H

to hope against hope

• Informal

4 6.0

To keep wishing for something even when it seems not likely

C

cross my heart and hope to die

• Informal

8.2

To promise honestly that you are telling the truth

Compounds

B

beacon of hope

7 3.7

A person, place, or idea that gives people hope during hard times

W

white hope

• Archaic

3 7.7

A person or thing likely to bring success in a field

H

hope chest

• Archaic

3 7.0

A chest where a young woman keeps clothes and linens for her future home

D

dashed hope

• Informal

1 5.0

A hope that is ruined or not fulfilled

G

great white hope

• Slur

1 8.4

A person expected to bring success where others failed

H

hope and faith

1 3.6

A strong belief that things will turn out well

F

flicker of hope

1 4.1

A small, brief feeling that things may get better

F

forlorn hope

• Archaic

1 9.9

A risky attempt that is very unlikely to succeed

C

Cape of Good Hope Province

8.1

A former province in southern South Africa that split in 1994 into Western, Eastern, and Northern Cape

C

Cape of Good Hope

4.2

A former province in western South Africa now part of several modern provinces

C

Cape of Good Hope

4.6

A rocky headland south of Cape Town on South Africa's Atlantic coast

D

dying gasp of hope

• Informal

8.1

A last weak attempt to believe things will get better before giving up

S

scintilla of hope

• Formal

7.6

A tiny bit of hope

U

undersong of hope

• Literature

9.7

A quiet feeling of hope that stays beneath other feelings

How Strongly

to expect

∞ 1.0

to hope

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology