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The correct spelling is hopes.
How to pronounce hopes
/həʊps/
verbIPA: /həʊps/
Say it like: Hop-es
The correct spelling is hopes. To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might. For example: "I am still hoping that all will turn out well."
Usage Examples
“I am still hoping that all will turn out well.”
“I hope you all the best.”
“After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
- 2.To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
- 3.To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
- 4.To wish.
noun
- 1.The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
- 2.The actual thing wished for.
- 3.A person or thing that is a source of hope.
- 4.The virtuous desire for future good.
- 5.A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
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