"hopeful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhəʊpfəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊpfəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hopeful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more hopeful [comparative], most hopeful [superlative]
Etymology: From hope + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hope|-ful|pos=adjective}} hope + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} hopeful (comparative more hopeful, superlative most hopeful)
  1. feeling hope Categories (topical): People Translations (feeling hope): εὔελπις (eúelpis) (Ancient Greek), надяващ се (nadjavašt se) (Bulgarian), esperançat (Catalan), håbefuld (Danish), esperebla (Esperanto), toiveikas (Finnish), misniúil (Irish), speranzoso (Italian), на́дежен (nádežen) (Macedonian), hopnungsvoll (Plautdietsch), pun nade (Serbo-Croatian), esperanzado (Spanish), hoppfull (Swedish), اومیدوار (umidavâr) [Asalemi] (Talysh), umutlu (Turkish), ئۈمىدۋار (ümidwar) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-hopeful-en-adj-9e608gq5 Disambiguation of People: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of 'feeling hope': 72 28
  2. inspiring hope Categories (topical): People Translations (inspiring hope): εὔελπις (eúelpis) (Ancient Greek), обнадеждаващ (obnadeždavašt) (Bulgarian), многообещаващ (mnogoobeštavašt) (Bulgarian), esperançador (Catalan), nadějný (Czech), toivoa herättävä (Finnish), охрабру́вачки (ohrabrúvački) (Macedonian), обнадёживающий (obnadjóživajuščij) [masculine] (Russian), koji ulijeva nadu (Serbo-Croatian), rajo (Somali), esperanzador (Spanish), hoppingivande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-hopeful-en-adj-XSbDIO5M Disambiguation of People: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of 'inspiring hope': 29 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hopefull [archaic] Derived forms: hopefully, hopeful monster

Noun

IPA: /ˈhəʊpfəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊpfəl/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hopeful.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hopefuls [plural]
Etymology: From hope + -ful. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hope|-ful|pos=adjective}} hope + -ful Head templates: {{en-noun}} hopeful (plural hopefuls)
  1. Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-hopeful-en-noun-TBk-lYkB Disambiguation of People: 33 33 34 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 40 40 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 38 38 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hopefull [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "feeling hope",
      "tags": [
        "Asalemi"
      ],
      "word": "اومیدوار"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "feeling hope",
      "word": "umutlu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "ümidwar",
      "sense": "feeling hope",
      "word": "ئۈمىدۋار"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obnadeždavašt",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "обнадеждаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mnogoobeštavašt",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "многообещаващ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "esperançador"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "nadějný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "toivoa herättävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "eúelpis",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "εὔελπις"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ohrabrúvački",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "охрабру́вачки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obnadjóživajuščij",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "обнадёживающий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "koji ulijeva nadu"
    },
    {
      "code": "so",
      "lang": "Somali",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "rajo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "esperanzador"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "inspiring hope",
      "word": "hoppingivande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hopeful"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "en:People"
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "hope",
        "3": "-ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From hope + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hopefuls",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "hopeful (plural hopefuls)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    "hope‧ful"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election."
      ],
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        [
          "hoping",
          "hope"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "candidate",
          "candidate"
        ],
        [
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          "political"
        ],
        [
          "election",
          "election"
        ]
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊpfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊpfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hopeful.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-hopeful.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "hopefull"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hopeful"
}

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