{
    "term": "hope",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "hope",
            "heSheIt": "hopes"
        },
        "pastSimple": "hoped",
        "pastParticiple": "hoped",
        "ingForm": "hoping"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to want something to happen and think that it is possible",
            "sensetop": "hope for somethinghope (that)…it is hoped (that)…hope to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "All we can do now is wait and hope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Do you think it will rain?’ ‘**I hope not**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Will you be back before dark?’ ‘**I hope so**, yes.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exam went better than I’d dared hope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I’ll see you next week, I hope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are hoping for good weather on Sunday.",
                    "contextForm": "hope for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hope (that) you’re okay.",
                    "contextForm": "hope (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **just hope** we can find the right person."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I can **only hope** there has been some mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **sincerely hope** that you will be successful."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Detectives are hoping (that) witnesses will come forward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Let's hope** we can find a parking space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I **hope and pray** that he is released quickly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is hoped that over £10 000 will be raised.",
                    "contextForm": "it is hoped (that)…"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is hoping to win the gold medal.",
                    "contextForm": "hope to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We hope to arrive around two."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What had he hoped to achieve?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He secretly hoped that she wouldn't be home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I hardly dared to hope the plan would succeed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I only hope you're right."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They hoped desperately that their missing son would come home."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I certainly hope so."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["certainly", "desperately", "fervently"],
                "verb + hope": ["(not) dare (to)", "hardly dare", "scarcely dare"],
                "preposition": ["for"],
                "phrases": ["hope against hope", "hope for the best"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to intend to do something if possible",
            "sensetop": "hope to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We're hoping to address all these issues."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or will do what you promise",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I saw him do it—cross my heart."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to continue to hope for something although it is very unlikely to happen",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was hoping against hope that there’d been some mistake."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to hope that something will happen successfully, especially where it seems likely that it will not",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I’m just going to answer all the questions I can and hope for the best."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that you feel very strongly that something should/should not happen",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Nobody blames you.’ ‘I should hope not!’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊp/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hope__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊps/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hopes__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊpt/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hoped__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hoping__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊp/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hope__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊps/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hopes__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/həʊpt/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hoped__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈhəʊpɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ho/hope/hoping__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Old English hopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb)."
}