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   Hope

   verb hoped,hoping,hopes

   • ▪ To wish for a particular event that one considers possible. "We are hoping for more financial support."
   • ▪ To have confidence; trust.
   • ▪ To desire and consider possible. "I hope that you will join us for dinner. We hope to buy a house in the spring."

   noun

   • ▪ The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence. "He took singing lessons in the hope of performing in the musical."
   • ▪ An instance of such longing or desire. "Her hopes of becoming a doctor have not changed."
   • ▪ A source of or reason for such longing or desire. "Good pitching is the team's only hope for victory."
   • ▪ The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
   • ▪ Trust; confidence.

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   • Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Hope definition: the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best. See examples of HOPE used in a sentence.

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   What does it mean to have hope?

   • Hope comes from the confidence they have in God. Every night we are preparing for sleeping and we are not sure that we will wake up in the morning .. but we are still planning for the coming days!! Hope means you are still alive and you have a chance to make it better.

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   What is the difference between a dream and a hope?

   • To hope is to want something to happen, but if instead you said that you intend to become a doctor, that suggests becoming a doctor is more of a goal than a dream. Hope, on the other hand, is more emotional. In fact, some scholars believe it's linked in meaning to hop, in that someone who hopes "leaps in expectation."

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   What is hope verb?

   • Definition of hope verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [intransitive, transitive] to want something to happen and think that it is possible All we can do now is wait and hope. ‘Do you think it will rain?’ ‘I hope not.’ ‘Will you be back before dark?’ ‘I hope so, yes.’ The exam went better than I’d dared hope.

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   Definitions of hope. noun. the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled. “in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope ” see more. noun. a specific instance of feeling hopeful. “it revived their hope of winning the pennant” see more. noun. grounds for feeling hopeful about the future. synonyms: promise. see more. noun.

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