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      hope
      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.
      (Northern England, Scotland) A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
      A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
      (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
      A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.
      An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.
      A place name, including:
      A place in Canada:
      A town and district municipality in British Columbia.
      A community in the city of Vaughan, Regional Municipality of York, Ontario.
      A township municipality in Bonaventure Regional County Municipality, Quebec.
      A settlement near Richmond, Tasman district, New Zealand.
      A place in the United Kingdom:
      A village and civil parish in High Peak borough, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK1783).
      A hamlet in Worthen with Shelve parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3401).
      A hamlet in Alstonefield parish, Staffordshire Moorlands district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1255).
      A village and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3058).
      A number of places in the United States:
      A census-designated place in Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
      An unincorporated community in La Paz County, Arizona.
      A city, the county seat of Hempstead County, Arkansas.
      A minor city in Bonner County, Idaho.
      A township in LaSalle County, Illinois.
      An unincorporated community in Vermilion County, Illinois.
      A town in Haw Creek Township, Bartholomew County, Indiana.
      A township and minor city therein, in Dickinson County, Kansas.
      An unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Kentucky.
      A town in Knox County, Maine.
      A township in Barry County, Michigan.
      A township and unincorporated community therein, in Midland County, Michigan.
      A township in Lincoln County, Minnesota.
      An unincorporated community in Osage County, Missouri.
      A township and census-designated place therein, in Warren County, New Jersey.
      A village in Eddy County, New Mexico.
      A town in Hamilton County, New York.
      A minor city in Steele County, North Dakota.
      An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Vinton County, Ohio.
      A neighbourhood of Providence, Rhode Island.
      An unincorporated community in the town of Cottage Grove and city of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin.
      A settlement on Saint Croix, United States Virgin Islands.
      (rare) A male given name transferred from the surname.
      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].
      (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
      (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].
      (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
      (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
      Synonyms for hope
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