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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It's a hope rather than an expectation, but that is a feeling familiar to any English or Scottish football fan.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026
But a foreign ministry spokesman for mediator Pakistan, which hosted an initial round of talks between the warring parties, said it had not "lost hope" in a negotiated resolution.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
The company has also reportedly been in discussions about potential concessions in the hope of satisfying Bonta’s concerns and staving off a lawsuit.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026
Erika, who’d joined him onstage, tried to reassure the over-30 set that there was hope for them—as there had been for her, since she married Charlie at age 32.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
‘I’m telling you so that you’ll understand. He was a strong, experienced hunter who knew the mountains -and still the ice river killed him. What hope -what chance -do you think we’d have?’
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
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