What does “hope” mean?
- 1
verbto want something to happen and think that it might
I hope you feel better soon.
- 2
nounthe feeling that something good may happen
The doctors still have hope that he will recover.
Hope at a glance
- Part of speech
- verb & noun
- CEFR level
- A2 (elementary)
- Pronunciation
- /hoʊp/ · HOHP
How to use “hope” correctly
Use “hope” for possible things and “wish” for unreal ones: “I hope it’s sunny tomorrow” but “I wish I were taller.”
Common phrases with “hope”
- hope to do sth
- I hope so
- lose hope
- in the hope of
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
Word family
- hopeful
- hopeless
- hopefully
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