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{
"term": "hope",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "hope",
"heSheIt": "hopes"
},
"pastSimple": "hoped",
"pastParticiple": "hoped",
"ingForm": "hoping"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to want something to happen and think that it is possible",
"sensetop": "hope for somethinghope (that)…it is hoped (that)…hope to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "All we can do now is wait and hope."
},
{
"text": "‘Do you think it will rain?’ ‘**I hope not**.’"
},
{
"text": "‘Will you be back before dark?’ ‘**I hope so**, yes.’"
},
{
"text": "The exam went better than I’d dared hope."
},
{
"text": "I’ll see you next week, I hope."
},
{
"text": "We are hoping for good weather on Sunday.",
"contextForm": "hope for something"
},
{
"text": "I hope (that) you’re okay.",
"contextForm": "hope (that)…"
},
{
"text": "I **just hope** we can find the right person."
},
{
"text": "I can **only hope** there has been some mistake."
},
{
"text": "I **sincerely hope** that you will be successful."
},
{
"text": "Detectives are hoping (that) witnesses will come forward."
},
{
"text": "**Let's hope** we can find a parking space."
},
{
"text": "I **hope and pray** that he is released quickly."
},
{
"text": "It is hoped that over £10 000 will be raised.",
"contextForm": "it is hoped (that)…"
},
{
"text": "She is hoping to win the gold medal.",
"contextForm": "hope to do something"
},
{
"text": "We hope to arrive around two."
},
{
"text": "What had he hoped to achieve?"
},
{
"text": "He secretly hoped that she wouldn't be home."
},
{
"text": "I hardly dared to hope the plan would succeed."
},
{
"text": "I only hope you're right."
},
{
"text": "They hoped desperately that their missing son would come home."
},
{
"text": "I certainly hope so."
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["certainly", "desperately", "fervently"],
"verb + hope": ["(not) dare (to)", "hardly dare", "scarcely dare"],
"preposition": ["for"],
"phrases": ["hope against hope", "hope for the best"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to intend to do something if possible",
"sensetop": "hope to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We're hoping to address all these issues."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I saw him do it—cross my heart."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to continue to hope for something although it is very unlikely to happen",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was hoping against hope that there’d been some mistake."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to hope that something will happen successfully, especially where it seems likely that it will not",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I’m just going to answer all the questions I can and hope for the best."
}
],
"topics": ["Success"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that you feel very strongly that something should/should not happen",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "‘Nobody blames you.’ ‘I should hope not!’"
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊp/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hope__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊps/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hopes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊpt/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hoped__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊpɪŋ/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hoping__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊp/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hope__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊps/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hopes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/həʊpt/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hoped__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊpɪŋ/",
"audio": "ho/hope/hoping__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Old English hopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb)."
}