To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
To wish.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
The virtuous desire for future good.
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
The actual thing wished for.
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
Indicates that something is expected to have happened or to be the case now.
Will be likely to (become or do something); indicates a degree of possibility or probability that the stated thing will happen or be true in the future.
Used to express a conditional outcome.
With verbs such as 'see' or 'hear', usually in the second person, used to point out something remarkable in either a good or bad way.
To make a statement of what ought to be true, as opposed to reality.
Used to impart a tentative, conjectural or polite nuance.
Used to express what the speaker would do in another person's situation, as a means of giving a suggestion or recommendation.
Simple past tense of shall.
In questions, asks what is correct, proper, desirable, etc.
Used to issue an instruction (traditionally seen as carrying less force of authority than alternatives such as 'shall' or 'must').
Used to give advice or opinion that an action is, or would have been, beneficial or desirable.
Used to form a variant of the present subjunctive, expressing a state or action that is hypothetical, potential, mandated, etc.
Something that ought to be the case as opposed to already being the case.