Collocations for "hoping"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hoping" in context.
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hope
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a false hope (of)
- has false hope (for)
- have high hopes [of, for]
- have lost (all) hope
- have no hope (now)
- have no hope of [winning, finishing, getting]
- it is my sincere hope that
- the [medicine, operation, treatment] is his last hope
- my only hope is that
- it is my hope that
- my hope is that
- have hope [that, for]
- I still have hope
- a hope for [the future, my children]
- is the new young hope [of, among]
- her hopes and dreams
- faith, hope and [love, charity]
- what hope do we have of (finishing)?
- her hopes [vanished, disappeared]
- their hopes were [thwarted, destroyed]
- hope springs eternal
- [shattered, destroyed, dampened] their hopes (of)
- do not [abandon, give up] hope
- offensive: have [no, a snowball's] hope in hell of [reaching, getting, being]
- hope to [be, see, achieve, get]
- hope to hear from you (soon)
- I hope so
- I hope to God (that)
- I just hope
- let's hope so
- we can only hope
- hope that you will [come, enjoy, find, help, succeed]
- hope it [helps, works]
- [really, sincerely] hope that
- hoping against hope (that)
- hope and pray (that)
- (can only) wait and [hope, see]
- hope for [peace, a cure, the best]
- couldn't have hoped for [better, more]
- better than [I, anyone] could have hoped
- (is) all [I, I'd] hoped (for)
- never stop hoping
'hoping' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):