English Online Dictionary. What means hope? What does hope mean?
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 clause or so].
- (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.
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 Maori 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.
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *sope (“buttocks, rear end”). Cognate with Hawaiian hope (“behind”), Tahitian hope (“finished”).
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