Used in a Sentence

hopes

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hopes.

Editorial note

The caveat is that everyone hopes someone else has checked the code.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hopes gathered in one view.

noun

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

noun

A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.

noun

An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hopes.

noun

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

noun

A female given name from English from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans.

noun

An English and Scottish topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived in a hope, a small enclosed valley.

noun

A place name, including:

Example sentences

1

The caveat is that everyone hopes someone else has checked the code.

2

My hopes for great new laptops lie with some brand new crowdfunding efforts, fantastic as it may sound.

3

Another part of me hopes that a close working relationship with a more successful technology company would really be beneficial.

4

The $64,000 question, though, is whether PastryKit is something Apple intends (or that a team within Apple hopes) to ship publicly.

5

The (slow) rolling releases of XP worked well so I too have high hopes for Windows 10.

6

This is why I have few hopes of much changing down the road without a massive reform.

7

It's been 6 years, and I think it's safe to say that IndexedDB hasn't lived up to anyone's hopes.

8

If you're not generating revenue for them, why should anybody who hopes to make money off of content choose to show you anything?

9

If telcos are in the loop, my hopes for this shrink 99%...

10

I have chosen to participate here on this in hopes it might actually set somebody straight.

11

Disclaimer: I am [cross-posting][2] `dot` from Reddit in the hopes of gaining more feedback.

12

It's about an Instructables project of his mysteriously disappearing, and he hopes it has nothing to do with some people thinking he is related to gamergate.

Quote examples

1

One hopes its something reasonable like: "If you don't like the show, don't watch it."

2

All this other expensive overhead is gone." But instead the executives choose to invest the company's would-be profits (and a little more) back into the company, in hopes that they will be even bigger later on.

3

But instead it chooses to invest its would-be profits (and a little more) back into the company, in hopes that they will be even bigger later on." Indeed their only real option at this point is likely to start slashing cost and hope it doesn't impact revenue.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hopes in a sentence?

The caveat is that everyone hopes someone else has checked the code.

What does hopes mean?

A sloping plain between mountain ridges.

What part of speech is hopes?

hopes is commonly used as noun.