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# hopeful

«hopeful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Feeling that something good will probably happen** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (hopeful, more hopeful, most hopeful); noun (a hopeful, hopefuls)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Feeling that something good will probably happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#m1)

2) Giving a reason to hope; promising, as in «a hopeful sign». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#m2)

3) (noun) A person who hopes to win or succeed, as in «Olympic hopefuls». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it shows a character's feeling: «She was hopeful that her dog would come home.» In news and sport: «young hopefuls» trying for the team. In science, a «hopeful result» means it looks good but is not sure yet. Phrases: feel hopeful, a hopeful sign, remain hopeful.

### examples

- I am hopeful that it will stop raining before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x1)
- The green shoots were a hopeful sign of spring. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x2)
- Hundreds of hopefuls came to the singing audition. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x3)
- He gave me a hopeful smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x4)
- The doctors are hopeful she will get better soon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x5)
- We were hopeful but the shop had sold out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x6)
- The team is hopeful about the final. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x7)
- The king was glad, and he and his people were more hopeful than they had ever been before. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/#x8)

### note

Opposite: hopeless. Adverb: hopefully — which also means «I hope that»: «Hopefully we will win.» Spelling: one l at the end (hopeful, not hopefull). Feeling hopeful does not make something certain.

### In the corpora

- [A silent e stays before an ending that starts with a consonant: hope, hopeful; move, movement.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/7-adding-ed-and-ing-doubling-and-dropping-e/19/)
- [The suffix -ful has one l: careful, hopeful, beautiful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/9-suffixes-ous-ly-ful-less-ness-ment/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hopeful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hopeful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.