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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But it has long contributed to "tanking" -- lowly teams throwing in the towel long before the regular season ends in hopes of landing a franchise-altering player in the draft.
From Barron's
Sunday's forecast features gusts around 35 mph after wobbling golf balls at 18 had Bhatia hoping for a moment for a delay to Sunday.
From Barron's
Sometimes you just need to cross your fingers and hope you are lucky, she says.
From BBC
A reassuring face on morning television in the US, Savannah Guthrie now finds herself at the same intersection of hope and dread that has defined many of her interviewees.
From BBC
Local lobbying groups have long hoped for more trains which take less than three hours to run between Plymouth and London.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
