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(v)
To want; to wish for earnestly.
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(n)
Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.
(ambitransitive, ditransitive) To commit to (some action or outcome), or to assure (a person) of such commitment; to make an oath or vow.
(transitive) To try for, to attempt to reach.
A desire, hope, or longing for something or for something to happen.
a specific feeling of desire
(adv)
(not comparable) It is hoped that; I hope; we hope.
(adj)
feeling hope
a tendency to expect the best, or at least, a favourable outcome
(transitive) To wish for or desire (something); to feel a need or desire for; to crave, hanker, or demand.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Wished for; desired; sought.
Something that happens to someone by chance, a chance occurrence.
Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; eager to obtain.
(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
(metonymic) A religious or spiritual belief system.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(countable) An opportunity or possibility.
(with on or upon, formerly also with in) to trust; to have confidence in; to depend.
A strong desire; an itch to do something.
Greater or lesser (whichever is seen as more advantageous), in reference to value, distance, time, etc.
(transitive) To ponder, to go over in one's mind.
To enjoy, be pleased by; favor; be in favor of.
Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
(obsolete) Expectation, hope.
(countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
(ambitransitive) To predict or believe that something will happen
A chance for advancement, progress or profit.
Expectation or anticipation; the state of expecting something.
The act or state of expecting or looking forward to an event as about to happen.
The eagerness associated with waiting for something to occur.
To request or petition.
To try.
The act of staying or remaining in expectation.
(transitive, formal) To wait for.
(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect.
A large quantity or number; a great deal.
(intransitive) To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
Delayed; put off till later.
The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.
(countable) Imaginary events seen in the mind while sleeping.
(figuratively) The choice of a single angle or point of view from which to sense, categorize, measure or codify experience.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
(intransitive) To recite numbers in sequence.
(intransitive) To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation. [(often) with of]
(intransitive) To cast a vote; to assert a formalized choice in an election.
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome.
(intransitive) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice.
An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr.
Honey, when used as an ingredient in cosmetic products.
(heading) To reach out with one's voice.
Intention or goal.
A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel.
The full width of an open hand from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger used as an informal unit of length.
A male given name.
(very rare) yellow bells (Tecoma stans)
A character from the TV series The Simpsons.
A surname.
(transitive) To desire; to want.
(transitive) To press; to push; to drive; to impel; to force onward.
A surname from Khmer.
(N)
See also Esperance (disambiguation)
A thing possible; that which may take place or come into being.
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
The act of relying (on or in someone or something); trust.
Words or actions that increase someone's confidence
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
Pleased; happy; gratified.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
A prediction about the outcome of something, typically made without factual evidence or support.
Certain in one's knowledge or belief.
(sentence adverb) Certainly, undoubtedly.
Sometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
(uncountable, countable) Disbelief or uncertainty (about something); (countable) a particular instance of such disbelief or uncertainty.
(transitive) To make sure and secure; ensure.
Obsolete spelling of Hebei. [A province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.]
Perhaps, possibly.
(transitive) To view as valuable.
(transitive) To assure anew; to restore confidence to; to free from fear or self-doubt.
(transitive) To explicitly mention (something) as a possibility for consideration, often to recommend it.