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• Hopeful — Hope ful, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. [1913 Webster] Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hopeful — hopefulness, n. /hohp feuhl/, adj. 1. full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism. 2. exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect. n. 3. a person who shows promise or aspires to success: the… …   Universalium

• hopeful — /ˈhoʊpfəl / (say hohpfuhl) adjective 1. full of hope; expressing hope: hopeful words. 2. exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect. –noun 3. a promising young person. –hopefulness, noun …  

• hopeful — hope•ful [[t]ˈhoʊp fəl[/t]] adj. 1) full of hope; expressing hope 2) exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect[/ex] 3) cvb an aspirant • Etymology: 1560–70 hope′ful•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• hopeful — 1. adjective 1) he remained hopeful Syn: optimistic, full of hope, confident, positive, buoyant, sanguine, expectant, bullish, cheerful, lighthearted; informal upbeat 2) hopeful signs Syn: promising …   Thesaurus of popular words

• prospect — Synonyms and related words: aftertime, afteryears, airscape, anticipation, aptitude, aspect, aspiration, assumption, assurance, assured faith, bare possibility, by and by, certainty, chance, chances, cheerful expectation, cityscape, client,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Hopefully — Hopeful Hope ful, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. [1913 Webster] Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Having qualities which excite hope;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Hopefulness — Hopeful Hope ful, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. [1913 Webster] Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker. [1913 Webster] 2. Having qualities which excite hope;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Romania — /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. a republic in SE Europe, bordering on the Black Sea. 21,399,114; 91,699 sq. mi. (237,500 sq. km). Cap.: Bucharest. Romanian, România /rddaw mu nyah/. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet… …   Universalium

• România — /rddaw mu nyah/; Eng. /roh may nee euh, mayn yeuh/, n. Romanian name of ROMANIA. * * * Romania Introduction Romania Background: Soviet occupation following World War II led to the formation of a Communist peoples republic in 1947 and the… …   Universalium

• silver lining — noun a consoling aspect of a difficult situation every cloud has a silver lining look on the bright side of it • Syn: ↑bright side • Hypernyms: ↑consolation, ↑solace, ↑solacement * * * …   Useful english dictionary