hope

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hōp, IPA(key): /həʊp/ (General American) IPA(key): /hoʊp/ Rhymes: -əʊp === Etymology 1 === From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn, further etymology unclear. ==== Verb ==== hope (third-person singular simple present hopes, present participle hoping, simple past and past participle hoped) To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not]. (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)]. (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for]. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in]. (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== aspire desire expect look forward want === Etymology 2 === From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from the same source as the verb hope. Eclipsed non-native early modern English esperance, borrowed from Middle French esperance. ==== 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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== forlorn hope ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === From Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames). More at hoop. ==== Noun ==== hope (plural hopes) (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) (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 combe. === Etymology 4 === From Icelandic hóp (“a small bay or inlet”). Cognate with English hoop. ==== Noun ==== hope (plural hopes) (Should we move, merge or split(+) this sense?) A sloping plain between mountain ridges. (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven. === References === === Anagrams === pheo, pheo- == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === hope (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of hopen == Hawaiian == === Etymology === From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *sope (“buttocks, rear end”). Cognate with Māori hope (“waist”), Tahitian hope (“finished”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈho.pe/ === Noun === hope back, rear, (of a vessel) aft subsequent, next younger last residue fate ==== Derived terms ==== i hope (“in back, behind”) mahope (“behind; afterwards”) hopena (“result”) === Further reading === hope in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com. == Māori == === Etymology === From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *sope (“buttocks, rear end”). Cognate with Hawaiian hope (“behind”), Tahitian hope (“finished”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhope/ [ˈhɔpɛ] === Noun === hope waist hip (ringa hope) ==== Derived terms ==== hopehope (“tattoo on the lower back”) tikihope (“loins”) === Further reading === “hope” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Middle English == === Alternative forms === hoppe === Etymology === From Old English hopa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔːp(ə)/ === Noun === hope (plural hopes) trust, confidence; wishful desire; expectation ==== Descendants ==== English: hope Yola: hopes (plural) ==== References ==== “hōpe, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Shona == === Etymology === From the root of Common Bantu *dʊ̀kópè, whence also chikope (“eyelid”). === Noun === hópé class 10 sleep == Spanish == === Verb === hope only used in me hope, first-person singular present subjunctive of hoparse only used in se hope, third-person singular present subjunctive of hoparse only used in se ... hope, syntactic variant of hópese, third-person singular imperative of hoparse == West Frisian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhoːpə/ === Noun === hope n (no plural) alternative form of hoop