hoping against hope

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• hope against hope — phrasal : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment * * * hope against hope To continue to hope when there is no (longer any) reason for hope • • • Main Entry: ↑hope * * * hope against hope phrase to hope that something will happen or… …   Useful english dictionary

• hope against hope — continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive …   Idioms and examples

• hope against hope — to hope very strongly that something will happen, although you know it is not very likely. We were just hoping against hope that she would be rescued. (usually in continuous tenses; usually + that) …   New idioms dictionary

• hope against hope — to hope that something will happen or be true, even though you know it is very unlikely We are hoping against hope that some people may have survived …   English dictionary

• hope against hope (that … ) — ˌhope against ˈhope (that…) idiom to continue to hope for sth although it is very unlikely to happen • She was hoping against hope that there d been some mistake. Main entry: ↑hopeidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• hope — 1 verb (I, T) 1 to want something to happen or be true, and to believe it is possible: hope (that): I hope you have a lovely birthday. | I hope I m not disturbing you. | Let s just hope we can find somewhere to park. | hope to do sth: Joan s… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hope — hope1 W1S1 [həup US houp] v [I and T] [: Old English; Origin: hopian] 1.) to want something to happen or be true and to believe that it is possible or likely hope (that) ▪ We hope that more women will decide to join the course. ▪ I do hope… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hope — [[t]ho͟ʊp[/t]] ♦ hopes, hoping, hoped 1) VERB If you hope that something is true, or you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely. She had decided she must go on as usual,… …   English dictionary

• hope — hoper, n. hopingly, adv. /hohp/, n., v., hoped, hoping. n. 1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope. 2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning. 3. grounds for… …   Universalium

• hope — [hōp] n. [ME < OE hopa, akin to Du hoop; see the v.] 1. a feeling that what is wanted is likely to happen; desire accompanied by expectation 2. the thing that one has a hope for 3. a reason for hope 4. a person or thing on which one may base… …   English World dictionary

• hope */*/*/ — I UK [həʊp] / US [hoʊp] verb Word forms hope : present tense I/you/we/they hope he/she/it hopes present participle hoping past tense hoped past participle hoped [intransitive/transitive] to want and expect something to happen or be true hope… …   English dictionary