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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Still, officials say the initial days of fieldwork on this ecologically rich and culturally sensitive island have found signs of hope.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Whenever they felt liquid spraying down from the stands, they could only hope it was beer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Either that, or just sit back and enjoy the World Cup, let football be the winner – and just hope that there's no need to try and work out who to back in 2030.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
China may also hope to "collect intelligence for the purpose of monitoring trends in pro-Russian and pro-Chinese human networks within the North Korean military", he added.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Even something in her tone was familiar now, a desperate hope that tickled the edges of Clare’s memory.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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