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Meaning of hopes and fears

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

hopes

Pronunciation:/həʊps//hoʊps/

verb

Definitions

  1. To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.

    Example: I am still hoping that all will turn out well.

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

  3. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.

  4. To wish.

    Example: I hope you all the best.

noun

Definitions

  1. The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.

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

  2. The actual thing wished for.

  3. A person or thing that is a source of hope.

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

  4. The virtuous desire for future good.

noun

Definitions

  1. A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.

noun

Definitions

  1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

  2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven.