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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This strategy turned these so-called crypto-treasury stocks into leveraged proxies for the tokens themselves, attracting a wave of individual and institutional investors hoping to amplify their bets on the trade.
But only a couple of weeks after all hope looked seemingly lost for the Premier League's worst-performing clubs, the battle for survival has taken several unexpected turns in the early weeks of 2026.
From BBC
The government of the cash-strapped nation of 11 million people, which relies on tourism to bring in hard currency, had been hoping for 2.6 million arrivals.
From Barron's
The move could juice Tesla stock as it drives hopes of convergence among Musk’s various companies.
From Barron's
The move could juice Tesla stock as it drives hopes of convergence among Musk’s various companies.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
