to hope and pray for something

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• hope — hope1 [ houp ] verb *** intransitive or transitive to want and expect something to happen or be true: hope (that): I just hope she s pleasant to him on his birthday. hope for: It wouldn t be sensible to hope for immediate success. The best they… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• 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

• 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

• pray — pray1 W3S3 [preı] v [I and T] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: preier, from Latin precari, from prex request, prayer ] 1.) to speak to God in order to ask for help or give thanks →↑prayer ▪ They went to the mosque to pray. pray for ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pray — [[t]pre͟ɪ[/t]] prays, praying, prayed 1) VERB When people pray, they speak to God in order to give thanks or to ask for his help. He spent his time in prison praying and studying... [V to n] Now all we have to do is help ourselves and to pray to… …   English dictionary

• pray — pray1 [ preı ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to speak to God or a SAINT, for example, to give thanks or ask for help: Let us pray. pray for: They prayed for peace. pray (that): We all prayed that she would soon recover. pray to God to… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pray — I UK [preɪ] / US verb Word forms pray : present tense I/you/we/they pray he/she/it prays present participle praying past tense prayed past participle prayed ** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to speak to God or a saint, for example to give thanks or …   English dictionary

• pray — 1 /preI/ verb 1 (I, T) to speak to God in order to ask for help or give thanks: They went to the mosque to pray. (+ for): Let us pray for peace. (+ to): Martha prayed to God every night. | pray sth: “Dear Lord, show me my duty,” she prayed. 2 (I …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Beliefs and practices of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — Mormon doctrine redirects here. For the book by Bruce R. McConkie, see Mormon Doctrine (book). For more details on the study of Latter day Saint beliefs and practices as an academic field, see Mormon studies. Joseph Smith, Jr. said that he saw… …   Wikipedia

• Prayers for the Dead — • Catholic teaching regarding prayers for the dead is bound up inseparably with the doctrine of purgatory and the more general doctrine of the communion of the saints, which is an article of the Apostle s Creed Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight …   Catholic encyclopedia

• HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism