hope
Usage
What are other ways to say hope?
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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A spokeswoman said Key West is still accepting letters of interest and leaders hope to get more plans that propose keeping the site a studio.
The two companies hope to win supplier arrangements with the U.S.
I experienced every one of those first pages as all optimism, all potential, all hope.
From Los Angeles Times
JOP said his mom had long hoped he would go to college.
From Los Angeles Times
It could be a movie, a director, or some rising star or just anything that you hope once they read those nominations that morning, you’re gonna hear.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
