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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Researchers involved in this international effort hope the new findings will bring greater attention to its importance in overall health.
From Science Daily • Apr. 7, 2026
“When the deadline passed without explanation or follow-through, that hope turned into something closer to despair,” said Shawn VanDiver, who runs the advocacy group Afghan Evac and closely monitors the situation at Camp As Sayliyah.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The freedom to play uninhibited at the sport's most iconic tournament, no longer weighed down by hope, expectation and history.
From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026
By selling reserves to raise cash, the hope is to cap the depreciation of their home currencies.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
A hope that Brickbane had been wrong, that Clare had not been a terrible, unloved animal who deserved a terrible fate.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
