hope

See also Hope

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: hōp, IPA: /həʊp/, SAMPA: /h@Up/
• (GenAm) IPA: /hoʊp/, SAMPA: /hoUp/

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  Rhymes: -əʊp

Etymology 1

From Middle English, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from Proto-Germanic *hupōn (“hope”), from Proto-Indo-European *kēwp-, *kwēp- (“to smoke, boil”). Cognate with West Frisian hope (“hope”), Dutch hoop (“hope”), Middle High German hoffe (“hope”), Swedish hopp (“hope”).

Noun

hope (countable and uncountable; plural hopes)

1. (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

   I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.

   After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.

   There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.

2. (countable) The actual thing wished for
3. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope

   We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.

4. (in Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good

   But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. (1Cor. 13:13)

Derived terms

• Cape of Good Hope
• forlorn hope
• great white hope
• have one's hope dashed
• hope against hope
• hope chest
• hopeful
• hopeless
• hoper
• no-hoper
• out of hope
• overhope
• unhope
• wanhope

Translations

belief that something wished for can happen

Albanian: shpresë (sq) Arabic: أمل (ar) ('ámal) m. Aramaic: ܣܒܪܐ Armenian: հույս (huys) Belarusian: надзея (be) (nadzéja) f. Bosnian: nada (bs) f. Bulgarian: надежда (bg) (nadéžda) f. Catalan: esperança (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 希望 (cmn) (xīwàng) Croatian: náda (hr) f. Czech: naděje (cs) f. Danish: håb (da) Dutch: hoop de Estonian: lootus (et) Ewe: mɔkpɔkpɔ Faroese: vón (fo) f. Filipino: pag-asa Finnish: toivo (fi) French: espoir (fr) m., espérance (fr) f. Georgian: იმედი (ka) (imedi) German: Hoffnung (de) f. Greek: ελπίδα (el) f. Haitian Creole: lespwa Hebrew: תקוה (he) (tikvá) f., יְהָב (he) (y’hav) m. Hindi: आशा (hi) (āśā) f., उम्मीद (hi) (ummīd) f. Hungarian: remény (hu) Icelandic: von (is) f. Interlingua: sperantia Irish: dóchas (ga) m. Italian: speranza (it) f. Japanese: 希望 (ja) (きぼう, kibō) Kazakh: үміт (kk) (ümit) Khmer: សង្ឃឹម (km) (sɑngkʰɨm) Korean: 바램 (ko) (baraem), 희망 (ko) (huimang) (希望 (ko))

Krymchak: акибат (akibat) Kurdish: ئومێد (ku) (oméd), هیوا (ku) (hiwa) Latin: spes (la), spes (la) f. Latvian: cerība f. Lithuanian: viltis (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Hoffnung (lb) f. Macedonian: надеж (mk) (nádež) f. Malay: harap (ms) Norwegian: håp (no) Old Provençal: sperança Old Prussian: nadruwīsnā Persian: امید (fa) (omid) Polish: nadzieja (pl) f. Portuguese: esperança (pt) f. Romanian: speranță f., nădejde f. Russian: надежда (ru) (nadéžda) f. Scottish Gaelic: dòchas m., dùil f., sùil f. Serbian: Cyrillic: нада f. Roman: nada f. Slovak: nádej (sk) Slovene: upanje (sl) n. Spanish: esperanza (es) f. Swahili: matumaini (sw) Swedish: hopp (sv) n. Tagalog: pag-asa Tajik: умед (tg) (umed) Thai: ความหวัง (th) (kwaam wăng) Turkish: umut (tr), ümit (tr) Ukrainian: надія (uk) (nadíja) f. Urdu: امید (ur) (ummīd) f., آشا (ur) (āśā) f. Vietnamese: hy vọng (vi) (希望 (vi)) Welsh: gobaith West Frisian: hope

person or thing that is a source of hope

Albanian: shpresë (sq) Armenian: հույս (huys) Bosnian: nada (bs) f. Chinese: 愿望 (yuànwàng) Croatian: náda (hr) f. Czech: naděje (cs) f. Danish: håb (da) Dutch: hoop de Estonian: lootus (et) Ewe: mɔkpɔkpɔ Faroese: vón (fo) f. Filipino: pag-asa, inaasahan Finnish: toivo (fi) French: espoir (fr) m. German: Hoffnung (de) f. Hebrew: תקווה (he) (tikvá) f. Icelandic: vona (is) Interlingua: sperantia Italian: speranza (it) f. Japanese: 希望 (きぼう, kibō), 願望 (がんぼう, ganbō) Korean: 바램 (baraem), 희망 (希望, huimang) Latin: spes (la) f.

Latvian: cerība f. Lithuanian: viltis (lt) f. Luxembourgish: Hoffnung (lb) f. Macedonian: надеж (mk) (nádež) f. Malay: harapan Norwegian: håp (no) Polish: nadzieja (pl) f. Portuguese: esperança (pt) f. Romanian: speranță f., nădejde f. Russian: надежда (ru) (nadéžda) f. Scottish Gaelic: dòchas m., dùil f., sùil f. Serbian: Cyrillic: нада f. Roman: nada f. Spanish: esperanza (es) f. Swahili: matumaini (sw) Swedish: hopp (sv) n., förhoppning (sv) c. Tagalog: pag-asa, inaasahan Turkish: umut (tr), ümit (tr) Ukrainian: надія (nadija) f. Vietnamese: nguồn hy vọng

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Afrikaans: hoop Bulgarian: надежда (nadéžda) Catalan: esperança Esperanto: espero Galician: dòchas Ido: espero Indonesian: harapan Lithuanian: noras

Mongolian: горьдлого (gor’dlogo) Norwegian: håp Old English: hopa Papiamentu: spera Persian: امید (omid) Slovak: nádej Sranan Tongo: winsi Swahili: matarajio Telugu: ఆశ (aaSa) Thai: หวัง (wăng) Urdu: امید (umîd) Zulu: ethemba

Etymology 2

From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian.

Verb

hope (third-person singular simple present hopes, present participle hoping, simple past and past participle hoped)

1. to want something to happen.

   I hope everyone likes this definition.

2. to be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

   I am still hoping that all will turn out well

3. to expect and wish

Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Derived terms

• hoped for

Translations

to want something to happen

Afrikaans: hoop Albanian: shpreson (sq) Arabic: أمل (ar) (ʾámala), imperfect: يأمل (ar) (yaʾmilu), تمنى (ar) (tamannā), imperfect: يتمى (ar) (yatamannā) Egyptian Arabic: اتمنى (atmanā) Armenian: հուսալ (hy) (husal) Bosnian: nadati (se) Catalan: esperar Chinese: Mandarin: 希望 (cmn) (xīwàng) Croatian: nadati (se) Czech: doufat (cs) Danish: håbe (da) Dutch: hopen (nl) Esperanto: esperi (eo) Estonian: lootma (et) Faroese: vóna (fo), hopa (fo) Finnish: toivoa (fi) French: espérer (fr) German: hoffen (de) Hebrew: קיווה (he) (kivá) Hindi: आशा करना (hi) (āśā karnā) Hungarian: remél (hu) Icelandic: vona (is), gera sér vonir um (is) Ido: esperar (io) Indonesian: harap (id) Interlingua: sperar Irish: bí ag súil (ga), bí i ndóchas (ga) Italian: sperare (it)

Japanese: 希望する (ja) (きぼうする, kibō-suru), 望む (ja) (のぞむ, nozomu) Korean: 바라다 (ko) (barada), 원하다 (ko) (wonhada) Latin: sperare (la) Latvian: cerēt (lv) Lithuanian: trokšti (lt), viltis (lt), tikėtis (lt) Luxembourgish: hoffen (lb) Macedonian: се надева (mk) (se nádeva) Norwegian: håpe (no) Novial: espera Persian: امیدوار بودن (fa) (omidvâr budan) Polish: mieć nadzieję (pl) Portuguese: esperar (pt) Romanian: a spera Russian: надеяться (ru) (nadéjat'sja) Scottish Gaelic: dòchas (gd) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: надати (се) Roman: nadati (se) Slovak: dúfať Slovene: upati (sl) Spanish: esperar (es) Swahili: tumaini (sw) Swedish: hoppas (sv) Tagalog: asa, pag-asa, umasa, asahan Telugu: ఆశించు (aaSiMchu) Turkish: ummak (tr), umut etmek (tr), ümit etmek (tr) Vietnamese: hy vọng (vi) (希望 (vi)) Welsh: gobeithio West Frisian: hoopje

See also

• aspire
• desire
• expect
• look forward
• want

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: fact · known · thee · #316: hope · er · children · English

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Dutch

Verb

hope

1. singular present subjunctive of hopen.

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Maori

Noun

hope

1. waist
2. hip (ringa hope)

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West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /hopə/

Noun

hope n. (pl. hopen)

1. hope