Definitions For Hope

noun

  • One of the three Christian virtues
  • Grounds for feeling hopeful about the future
  • A specific instance of feeling hopeful
  • The general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled
  • Someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
  • United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)
  • The feeling of wanting something to happen and thinking that it could happen : a feeling that something good will happen or be true
  • The chance that something good will happen
  • Someone or something that may be able to provide help : someone or something that gives you a reason for hoping

verb

  • Intend with some possibility of fulfilment
  • Be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
  • Expect and wish
  • To want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true

Is Hope a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
9
Words with Friends
9

The word Hope is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Hope in a Sentence

  • No one knows yet if anyone survived the crash. At this point, we can only hope.
  • I hope you're feeling better soon.
  • That's what she hoped would happen.
  • When they started their life together, they were young and full of hope.
  • Rescuers have not yet abandoned hope that more survivors will be found.
  • The drug has brought hope to thousands of sufferers.

Synonyms for Hope

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