hopes

See also: Hopes

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /hoʊps/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /həʊps/

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• Rhymes: -əʊps

Noun

hopes

1. plural of hope

Verb

hopes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hope

Anagrams

• Poseh, Shope, e-shop, shope

Spanish

Verb

hopes

1. only used in te hopes, second-person singular present subjunctive of hoparse

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Etymology

From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa.

Noun

hopes

1. hopes
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 9-10:

     Wi Irishmen owre generale hopes be ee-bond——

     With Irishmen our common hopes are inseparably bound up——

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 116