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How to pronounce hopeful in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms aspirant, aspirer, wannabe, wannabee
Type of applicant, applier


two executive hopefuls joined the firm.
Type Words
Synonyms bright, promising
Derivation hopefulness


a hopeful new singer on Broadway.
Type Words
Derivation hopefulness


a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets.
found a hopeful way of attacking the problem.

Examples of hopeful

hopeful
On the contrary, it is conciliatory and, fortunately for us, ultimately hopeful.
From the sfgate.com
That has some exiles hopeful the opposition leaders will bury their differences.
From the businessweek.com
Even the plot twist that provides an unconvincing hopeful ending is no surprise.
From the post-gazette.com
So, leadership-hopeful Huhne has only himself to blame for the mess he's in now.
From the mirror.co.uk
Now he has made the breakthrough, he is hopeful of making a more regular impact.
From the guardian.co.uk
However, Levein is hopeful the pair will have recovered in time for the weekend.
From the guardian.co.uk
We received a good hearing and are hopeful of a quick response to this question.
From the crookwellgazette.com.au
Trainer Saeed bin Suroor is hopeful there is more to come from his six-year-old.
From the sport.uk.msn.com
Someone needs to rescue it and do it properly, sure hopeful these are the folks.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Aspirant: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
  • Having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
  • Bright: full or promise; "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"
  • (hopefully) with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"
  • (hopefulness) full of hope
  • (hopefulness) the feeling you have when you have hope
  • (Hopefully) In linguistics, a disjunct is a type of adverbial adjunct that expresses information that is not considered essential to the sentence it appears in, but which is considered to be the speaker's or writer's attitude towards, or descriptive statement of, the propositional content of the ...
  • (The Hopefuls) The Hopefuls, formerly known as The Olympic Hopefuls, are an indie-pop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Hopefuls won both the Artist of the Year and Best Pop Artist awards at the 2005 Minnesota Music Awards.
  • Somebody who is hoping for success or victory; Feeling hope; Inspiring hope