hope

[həup] 1. n

nadzieja f

2. vi

mieć nadzieję

3. vt

to hope that … — mieć nadzieję, że …

to hope to do sth — mieć nadzieję, że się coś zrobi

I hope so/not — mam nadzieję, że tak/nie

to hope for the best — być dobrej myśli

to have no hope of sth/doing sth — nie liczyć na coś/zrobienie czegoś

in the hope that/of — w nadziei, że/na +acc

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[həup] 1. verb

(to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen: He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'.) mieć nadzieję

2. noun

1) ((any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen: He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine.) nadzieja

2) (a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc: He's my last hope - there is no-one else I can ask.) nadzieja

3) (something hoped for: My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon.) nadzieja

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- hopeful

- hopefulness
- hopefully
- hopeless
- hopelessly
- hopelessness
- hope against hope
- hope for the best
- not have a hope
- not a hope
- raise someone's hopes