2hope noun
plural hopes 1 : the feeling of wanting something to happen and thinking that it could happen : a feeling that something good will happen or be true [noncount] ▪ When they started their life together, they were young and full of hope. ▪ Rescuers have not yet abandoned/lost hope that more survivors will be found. ▪ The drug has brought/given hope to thousands of sufferers. [count] ▪ We allowed ourselves to entertain hopes that the crisis would end soon. ▪ The goal raised/lifted the hopes of the team. ▪ The hope is that there will be a settlement soon. ▪ The lawyers do not want to raise false hopes of an early settlement. ▪ Our hopes are fading/dwindling. ▪ We had high hopes of winning the game. [=we felt we had a very good chance of winning the game] ▪ You shouldn't get your hopes up. [=feel so hopeful] ▪ She went back to the restaurant with hopes of finding her purse there. = She went back to the restaurant with the hope of finding her purse there. [=because she thought and hoped that she might find her purse there] ▪ He told them the truth with the hope that they would understand. 2 [noncount] : the chance that something good will happen
▪ She believes there's hope of/for a cure. [=that a cure is possible] ▪ He had little/no hope of attending college. ▪ The latest reports hold out hope for a possible end to this crisis. ▪ They have a glimmer/ray of hope [=a small chance] of winning. ▪ His condition is beyond hope. [=his condition is hopeless] 3 [singular] : someone or something that may be able to provide help : someone or something that gives you a reason for hoping
▪ He's our last/best hope. ▪ At this point their only hope is that someone will offer to buy the company. ▪ What hope is there for someone like me? 4 [count] : something that is hoped for
▪ All my hopes have been fulfilled at last. ▪ Our fondest hope is that our children will be happy and healthy. ▪ We all have hopes and dreams for the future. ▪ We have great hopes for the coming year.
▪ She believes there's hope of/for a cure. [=that a cure is possible] ▪ He had little/no hope of attending college. ▪ The latest reports hold out hope for a possible end to this crisis. ▪ They have a glimmer/ray of hope [=a small chance] of winning. ▪ His condition is beyond hope. [=his condition is hopeless]
▪ He's our last/best hope. ▪ At this point their only hope is that someone will offer to buy the company. ▪ What hope is there for someone like me?
▪ All my hopes have been fulfilled at last. ▪ Our fondest hope is that our children will be happy and healthy. ▪ We all have hopes and dreams for the future. ▪ We have great hopes for the coming year.
fix your hopes on/upon — see 1fix
in (the) hope of/that or in hopes of/that
: with the hope that something will happen or could happen
▪ He returned to the crime scene in (the) hope of finding further evidence. ▪ He waited in hopes that she would show up.
▪ He returned to the crime scene in (the) hope of finding further evidence. ▪ He waited in hopes that she would show up.
live in hope
chiefly Brit : to hope for something when you know that it will probably not happen or be true
▪ We live in hope that there will be some survivors of the crash.
▪ We live in hope that there will be some survivors of the crash.
pin (all) your hopes on — see pin on at 2pin
