Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
name
A town, port, and local government area (the Shire of Esperance) in the south of Goldfields-Esperance region, Western Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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A town and village in Schoharie County, New York, United States.
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name
A census-designated place and enclave of Edmonds, Snohomish County, Washington, United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Expectation, hope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”).
