noun
Meaning 1
The property of being hopeful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hopefulness
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CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 P F AH0 L N IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the feeling you have when you have hope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: hopelessness
Broader terms: hope
noun
Meaning 3
full of hope
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: condition, status
Narrower terms: confidence, anticipation, expectation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h1nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful English hopeful Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English hopefulness From hopeful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оптимизъм (optimizǎm) — property of being hopeful
- Italian: speranzosità — property of being hopeful
- Turkish: umutluluk — property of being hopeful