| hope | | |
| n. (feeling) | 1. hope | a specific instance of feeling hopeful.; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant" |
| ~ anticipation, expectancy | an expectation. |
| n. (feeling) | 2. hope | the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled.; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" |
| ~ feeling | the experiencing of affective and emotional states.; "she had a feeling of euphoria"; "he had terrible feelings of guilt"; "I disliked him and the feeling was mutual" |
| ~ hopefulness | the feeling you have when you have hope. |
| ~ encouragement | the feeling of being encouraged. |
| ~ optimism | the optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. hope, promise | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" |
| ~ expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| ~ rainbow | an illusory hope.; "chasing rainbows" |
| n. (person) | 4. hope | someone (or something) on which expectations are centered.; "he was their best hope for a victory" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| ~ great white hope, white hope | someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field.; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy" |
| n. (person) | 5. bob hope, hope, leslie townes hope | United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003). |
| ~ comedian, comic | a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts. |
| n. (attribute) | 6. hope | one of the three Christian virtues. |
| ~ supernatural virtue, theological virtue | according to Christian ethics: one of the three virtues (faith, hope, and charity) created by God to round out the natural virtues. |
| v. (emotion) | 7. desire, hope, trust | expect and wish.; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise" |
| ~ wish | hope for; have a wish.; "I wish I could go home now" |
| v. (emotion) | 8. hope | be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" |
| ~ desire, want | feel or have a desire for; want strongly.; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room" |
| v. (cognition) | 9. go for, hope | intend with some possibility of fulfilment.; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" |
| ~ be after, plan | have the will and intention to carry out some action.; "He plans to be in graduate school next year"; "The rebels had planned turmoil and confusion" |
| prospect | | |
| n. (state) | 1. chance, prospect | the possibility of future success.; "his prospects as a writer are excellent" |
| ~ potential, potentiality, potency | the inherent capacity for coming into being. |
| n. (cognition) | 2. expectation, outlook, prospect | belief about (or mental picture of) the future. |
| ~ belief | any cognitive content held as true. |
| ~ promise, hope | grounds for feeling hopeful about the future.; "there is little or no promise that he will recover" |
| ~ foretaste | an early limited awareness of something yet to occur. |
| ~ possibility | a future prospect or potential.; "this room has great possibilities" |
| ~ anticipation, expectancy | something expected (as on the basis of a norm).; "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development" |
| ~ misgiving, apprehension | painful expectation. |
| n. (person) | 3. candidate, prospect | someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.). |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (cognition) | 4. aspect, panorama, prospect, scene, view, vista | the visual percept of a region.; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" |
| ~ visual percept, visual image | a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system. |
| ~ background, ground | the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground.; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills" |
| ~ coast | the area within view.; "the coast is clear" |
| ~ exposure | aspect resulting from the direction a building or window faces.; "the studio had a northern exposure" |
| ~ foreground | the part of a scene that is near the viewer. |
| ~ glimpse | a brief or incomplete view.; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake" |
| ~ middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background. |
| ~ side view | a view from the side of something. |
| ~ tableau | any dramatic scene. |
| n. (act) | 5. medical prognosis, prognosis, prospect | a prediction of the course of a disease. |
| ~ medical diagnosis | identification of a disease from its symptoms. |
| v. (perception) | 6. prospect | search for something desirable.; "prospect a job" |
| ~ search, look | search or seek.; "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. prospect | explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals. |
| ~ explore, research, search | inquire into.; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness" |
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