hope
Usage
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To hope for something implies a wish that an event may take place and an expectation that it will: to hope for the best. The verb expect implies confidently believing, usually for good reasons, that an event will occur: to expect a visit from a friend. To anticipate is to look forward to an event and even to picture it: Do you anticipate trouble? Await (wait for) something implies being alert and ready, whether for good or evil: to await news after a cyclone.
Example Sentences
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"We are encouraging them, hoping they will stay here but at the same time we know their families' lives are in danger," said Melika Jahanian.
From BBC
Still, higher energy prices stemming from a prolonged war in Iran threaten to pile more pain on the country’s hopes for a strong recovery.
But their title hopes hinge on them beating Scotland and relying on out-of-form England beating France in Paris.
From BBC
"We hope that these data can be used in updated guidance that is more person centered and based on particular patient characteristics," said Dr. Creese.
From Science Daily
She also hopes the discovery encourages scientists to rethink the long standing assumption that wrinkle structures are created only by photosynthetic microbial mats.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
