Hopes

Definition

hopeful /'hǝƱpfl/ adj ၁။ ~ (of/about sth); ~ (that…) ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ခ်က္ရိွ[ေသာ]။ be hopeful of/about the outcome ❍ I feel hopeful that we'll find a suitable house very soon. ၂။ အလားအလာေကာင္း [ေသာ]။ The latest trade figures are a hopeful sign. ❍ The future did not seem very hopeful. n ေမွ်ာ္လင့္ခ်က္ထားသူ။ ဆႏၵရိွသူ။ …ျဖစ္ခ်င္သူ။ About 30 young hopefuls turned up for the audition. ❏ hopefully adv ၁။ မွန္းေျခအားျဖင့္။ Hopefully, we'll arrive before dark. ၂။ ေမွ်ာ္လင့္တႀကီး။ ‘I'm sure we'll find it,’ he said hopefully. hopefulness n [U]

Examples

1. We resumed negotiations but we’re not very hopeful.
2. [hopeful that] : In spite of our differences
3. we remain hopeful that a solution can be found.
4. [hopeful of] : The board is quite hopeful of securing further investment.
5. We really wanted tickets for tomorrow night but it’s not looking very hopeful.
6. His quick recovery from the treatment was a hopeful development.
7. She gave us a bright-eyed
8. hopeful look.