| query | If you are h______, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen.If you are hopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen. I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly. Surgeons were hopeful of saving the sight in Sara's left eye. 'Am I welcome?' He smiled hopefully, leaning on the door. |
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| word | hopeful |
| full-definition | adjective If you are hopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen. I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly. Surgeons were hopeful of saving the sight in Sara's left eye. 'Am I welcome?' He smiled hopefully, leaning on the door. If something such as a sign or event is hopeful, it makes you feel that what you want to happen will happen. The result of the election in is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East. ...hopeful forecasts that the economy will improve. A hopeful action is one that you do in the hope that you will get what you want to get. We've chartered the plane in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave. noun If you refer to someone as a hopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition . On the show, young hopefuls are given the opportunity to work in different aspects of the fashion world. |
| inflections | hopefulshopefully |
| cefr-level | C1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:c1
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