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How to pronounce “hope”
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Pronunciation guide for hope
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of hope with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Hope Edelman
Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books,
- Definition summary
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
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How to pronounce hope
Hope Edelman
Hope Edelman is the author of eight nonfiction books,
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “hope”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].
- (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
- (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
- (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
- (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
- [Noun]
- (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- (countable) The actual thing wished for.
- (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- (Christianity, uncountable) The virtuous desire for future good.
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