Hope

  1. Proper noun.  (given name, female) from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
  2. Proper noun.  (surname, A An) for someone who lived in a ''hop'', a small enclosed valley.
  3. Proper noun.  A town in Arkansas.
  4. Proper noun.  A town in British Columbia.
  5. Noun.  (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
  6. Noun.  (countable) The actual thing wished for.
  7. Noun.  (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
  8. Noun.  (''in Christianity'') The virtuous desire for future good.
  9. Verb.  to want something to happen.
  10. Verb.  to be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
  11. Verb.  to expect and wish.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.