hope

to cherish a desire with anticipation to want something to happen or be true

The first known use: before the 12th century

Word Structure

4 Letters, 1 Syllable

hope

3 Phonemes

h O p

onset, rime

h ope

Morpheme

hope

Sentence Examples

I hope you're feeling better soon.

That's what she hoped would happen.

Let's hope that the strike ends soon.

I hope I haven't bored you.

Everyone in your family is well, I hope.

When they started their life together, they were young and full of hope.

Rescuers have not yet abandoned hope that more survivors will be found.

The drug has brought hope to thousands of sufferers.

We allowed ourselves to entertain hopes that the crisis would end soon.

The goal raised 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.

He told them the truth with the hope that they would understand.

He had little hope of attending college.

The latest reports hold out hope for a possible end to this crisis.

Related Words

Sound the same but are spelled differently.

Collocations

The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance.

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