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hope⋅ful

  [hohp-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
2. exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect.
–noun
3. a person who shows promise or aspires to success: the Democratic presidential hopeful.
Origin:
1560–70; hope + -ful

Related forms:
hope⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. expectant; sanguine, optimistic, confident.
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hope·ful   (hōp'fəl)   
adj.  
  1. Having or manifesting hope.
  2. Inspiring hope; promising.
n.  A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate: a group of presidential hopefuls.
hope'ful·ness n.
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Hopeful

Hope"ful\, a. 1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. --Hooker.

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- Hope"ful*ly, adv. -- Hope"ful*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : hopeful
Spanish: optimista, lleno de esperanza,
German: hoffnungsvoll,
Japanese: 期待して
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