hope

I

n.

1) to arouse, inspire, stir up hope

2) to raise smb.'s hopes

3) to express, voice a hope

4) to cherish, entertain, nurse a hope

5) to pin, place, put one's hopes on

6) to dash, deflate, dispel; thwart smb.'s hopes

7) to abandon, give up hope

8) an ardent, fervent, fond; faint, slender, slight; false; high; idle, illusory, vain; real; realistic, reasonable; unrealistic, unreasonable hope

9) hopes come true; fade

10) a flicker, glimmer, ray, spark of hope

11) hope for, in, of (hope of recovery; we had high hopes for her)

12) a hope that + clause (it was our hope that they would settle near us; there was little hope that she would be elected)

13) in, with the hope (we returned to the park in the hope of finding her wallet)

14) beyond, past hope

II

v.

1) to hope fervently, sincerely, very much

2) (D; intr.) to hope for (to hope for an improvement)

3) (E) she hopes to see them soon

4) (L) we hope that you are comfortable

5) (misc.) I hope so; I hope not

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deflate

dispel

entertain

fade

faint

false

fervent

fond

give up hope

glimmer

high

idle

illusory

in

inspire

nurse a hope

past hope

place

put one's hopes on

ray

real

realistic

reasonable

sincerely

slender

slight

spark of hope

stir up hope

thwart smb. 's hopes

unrealistic

unreasonable hope

vain

very much

voice a hope

with the hope (we returned to the park in the hope of finding her wallet)

of (hope of recovery; we had high hopes for her)

(E) she hopes to see them soon

(L) we hope that you are comfortable

(misc.) I hope so

a flicker

an ardent

beyond

to abandon

to arouse

to cherish

to dash

to express

to pin

to raise smb. 's hopes

to hope fervently

hope for

hope not

hopes come true

a hope that + clause (it was our hope that they would settle near us; there was little hope that she would be elected)

(D; intr.) to hope for (to hope for an improvement)