hope

  • 81Hope — I. biographical name Anthony see Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins II. biographical name Bob 1903 originally Leslie Townes Hope American (British born) comedian III. biographical name Victor Alexander John 1887 1951 8th Earl of Hopetoun & 2d Marquis of… …

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  • 82hope — I. n. 1. Trust, confidence, faith, reliance. 2. Expectancy, trustful longing, waiting under the possibility of fulfilment, sense of possible fulfilment. 3. Possibility of good, chance of the desired end, room for expectation, chance of a… …

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  • 83hope — 1. noun 1) I had high hopes Syn: aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, goal, plan, design; dream, daydream, pipe dream 2) a life filled with hope Syn …

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  • 84Hope —    The meaning of Aragorn s name Estel.         I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself. (Translated words of Aragorn s mother Gilraen; The Lord of the Rings Appendix A I (iv), A Part of the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen)    … …

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  • 85Hope — /hoʊp/ (say hohp) noun 1. A(lec) D(erwent), 1907–2000, Australian poet and critic, noted for his classical style; author of the poetry collection The Wandering Islands (1955). 2. Sir Bob (Leslie Townes Hope), 1903–2003, US comedian, born in… …

  • 86hope, my —    This expression means ‘the person on whom all my hopes for the future are centred’. Hope is recorded in this sense since the thirteenth century, though it is not frequently so used, either in third person reference or vocatively. Jane Eyre, by …

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  • 87hope — See: CROSS ONE S HEART or CROSS ONE S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, IN HOPES …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 88hope — See: CROSS ONE S HEART or CROSS ONE S HEART AND HOPE TO DIE, IN HOPES …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 89HOPE — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index hope noun dream, dreamer, future, optimism, optimist adjective idealistic (2), optimistic despair noun …

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  • 90hope — See: cross one s heart or cross one s heart and hope to die, in hopes …

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