Definitions for hopeful
ˈhoʊp fəlhope·ful

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabeeadjective

   an ambitious and aspiring young person

   "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

2. hopefuladjective

   having or manifesting hope

   "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

3. bright, hopeful, promisingadjective

   full or promise

   "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. hopefulnoun

   Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.

   Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.

2. hopefuladjective

   Feeling hope.

3. hopefuladjective

   Inspiring hope.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hopefuladjective

   Etymology: hope and full.

   1. Full of qualities which produce hope; promising; likely to obtain success; likely to come to maturity; likely to gratify desire, or answer expectation.

   He will advance thee:
   I know his noble nature, not to let
   Thy hopeful service perish. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   You serve a great and gracious master, and there is a most hopeful young prince whom you must not desert. Francis Bacon.

   What to the old can greater pleasure be,
   Than hopeful and ingenious youth to see? John Denham.

   They take up a book in their declining years, and grow very hopeful scholars by that time they are threescore. Addison.

   2. Full of hope; full of expectation of success. This sense is now almost confined to Scotland, though it is analogical, and found in good writers.

   Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited, whatsoever they took in hand. Richard Hooker, b. v.

   I was hopeful the success of your first attempts would encourage you to make trial also of more nice and difficult experiments. Boyle.

   Whatever ills the friendless orphan bears,
   Bereav’d of parents in his infant years,
   Still must the wrong’d Telemachus sustain,
   If hopeful of your aid, he hopes in vain. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Hopefuladjective

   full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant

2. Hopefuladjective

   having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect

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1. Hopeful

   "Hopeful" is a song by Japanese recording artist Ami Suzuki, taken from her fourth studio album -and first in Avex-, Around the World. The up-tempo, dance-pop song was written by Ami Suzuki and Shunsuke Yazaki.

How to pronounce hopeful?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say hopeful in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of hopeful in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of hopeful in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of hopeful in a Sentence

1. Jerry Skinner:

   I'm hopeful that the Australian government gets involved. We need the leverage of one of the governments whose hands are clean.

2. State John Kerry:

   I think we're getting to some real decisions, so I will say, because we have a few tough things to do, I remain hopeful. Hopeful.

3. Melina Abdullah:

   We're hopeful that the people will stay engaged and that we can hold our elected officials accountable, and remind them that just because we're moving beyond what people are calling the George Floyd moment that it's not a moment, it's a movement, and we need to have police defunded and invest those dollars into things that actually make communities safe.

4. Steven Mnuchin:

   I think we're hopeful that we're getting close to the final round of concluding issues.

5. Frank Darabont:

   The movie ended in my original script with Red on the bus going off to this uncertain and hopeful future, which is how the novella ends, but the folks at (production company) Castle Rock thought after putting the audience through two-plus hours of hell, we might owe them a union at the end.

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