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hope

(n): a specific instance of feeling hopeful

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(n): an expectation

(n): the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled

(n): the experiencing of affective and emotional states

(n): grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

(n): belief about (or mental picture of) the future

(n): someone (or something) on which expectations are centered

(n): a human being

(n): United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003)

(n): a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

(n): one of the three Christian virtues

(n): according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues

(v): expect and wish

(v): hope for; have a wish

(v): be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes

(v): feel or have a desire for; want strongly

(v): intend with some possibility of fulfilment

(v): have the will and intention to carry out some action

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9 months ago yarb said:

A dog in Turgenev's story Death.

"...his dog, Hope, a gift from his cousin".

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