VAIN HOPE

Meaning of VAIN HOPE in English

false hope, dream that has no hope of being fulfilled, illusion

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HOPE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Franklin John Hope Good Hope Cape of Hope diamond {{link=Hope Bob">Hope Bob Leslie Townes …
Английский словарь Британика
VAIN — I. ˈvān adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English vain, vein, from Old French, from Latin vanus empty, vain — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOPE — I. ˈhōp verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian; akin to Old Frisian hopia to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VAIN — (superl.) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Английский словарь Webster
VAIN — ( superl. ) Destitute of forge or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
VAIN — — vainly , adv. — vainness , n. /vayn/ , adj., vainer, vainest . 1. excessively proud of or concerned …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOPE — — hoper , n. — hopingly , adv. /hohp/ , n. , v. , hoped, hoping . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HOPE — I. ˈhōp verb ( hoped ; hop·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hopian; akin to Middle High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAIN — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, empty, futile, from Latin vanus — more at wane Date: 14th century 1. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
VAIN — superl showy; ostentatious. 2. vain ·noun vanity; emptiness; now used only in the phrase in vain. 3. vain ·superl …
Webster English vocab
HOPE — noun a small bay; an inlet; a haven. 2. hope ·noun a sloping plain between mountain ridges. 3. hope ·noun …
Webster English vocab
VAIN — [vain] adj [ME, fr. MF, fr. L vanus empty, vain--more at wane] (14c) 1: having no real value: idle, worthless …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOPE — [hope] vb hoped ; hop.ing [ME, fr. OE hopian; akin to MHG hoffen to hope] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HOPE — in Christian thought, one of the three theological virtues, the others being faith and charity (love). It is distinct from …
Britannica English vocabulary
VAIN — / veɪn; NAmE / adjective 1. that does not produce the result you want SYN useless : She closed her …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAIN — vain /veɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin vanus 'empty, vain' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOPE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
VAIN — adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HOPE — n. & v. --n. 1 (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
VAIN — adj. 1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HOPE — n. & v. n. 1 (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
VAIN — adj.1 excessively proud or conceited, esp. about one's own attributes. 2 empty, trivial, unsubstantial (vain boasts; vain triumphs). 3 useless; …
Oxford English vocab
HOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Oxford English vocab
VAIN — ( vainer, vainest) 1. A vain attempt or action is one that fails to achieve what was intended. The drafting …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
VAIN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vain attempt (= one that does not succeed ) ▪ They worked through the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HOPE — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a chance/hope/possibility of escape ▪ The river offered our only hope of escape. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VAIN — (SELFISH) [adjective] -er, -est - too interested in your own appearance or achievementsHe was very vain about his clothes.She's one …
Cambridge English vocab
HOPE — [verb]If you hope for something or hope that something will happen, you want something to happen and usually have a …
Cambridge English vocab
HOPE — n. Cape of Good Hope Franklin John Hope Good Hope Cape of Hope diamond Hope Bob Leslie Townes Hope
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOPE — Synonyms and related words : acceptation, acception, ache for, acquiescence, ambition, anticipate, anticipation, approach, ardor, aspire, aspire to, assumption, assurance, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
VAIN — See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
Slang English vocab
VAIN — adj. Function: adjective 1 devoid of worth or significance FF1C; the vain pursuits of a luxurious life FF1E; Synonyms: empty, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
VAIN — adjective 1. devoid of worth or significance the vain pursuits of a luxurious life Synonyms: empty, hollow, idle, nugatory, otiose …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOPE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
HOPE — INDEX: 1. to hope that something will happen or that something is true 2. what you say when you hope …
Longman Activator English vocab
HOPE — See ↑ HOPE 1,3 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a glimmer of hope/a ray of hope • ↑ I hope not • …
Longman Activator English vocab
VAIN — adj. 25B6; adjective he was vain about his looks : CONCEITED, narcissistic, self-loving, in love with oneself, self-admiring, self-regarding, egotistic, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOPE+ — < language , functional programming > An extension of Hope implemented in the Alvey Flagship project at Imperial College . …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
HOPE — < language > A functional programming language designed by R.M. Burstall, D.B. MacQueen and D.T. Sanella at University of Edinburgh …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
VAIN — adj. 1 proud, conceited, haughty, arrogant, boastful, egotistical, cocky, self-important, vainglorious, narcissistic, Colloq big-headed, swell-headed, stuck-up, swollen-headed They are so …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
VAIN — See: IN VAIN, TAKE ONE'S NAME IN VAIN.
Словарь английских идиом
VAIN — adjective DUBIOUS : The police did their best to rescue the hostages but in vain. BAD : The police did …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HOPE — verb 1 BAD : I hope that one day things would change. GOOD : I hope that one day things …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
VAIN — прил. 1) напрасный, бесполезный It is vain to protest. ≈ Сопротивление бесполезно. Syn : futile, unavailing 2) поверхностный, пустой; показной …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOPE — I 1. сущ. надежда (for, in, of) in, with the hope ≈ в надежде beyond, past hope ≈ выше всяких …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
VAIN — vain.ogg 1. veın n уст. тщета; тщеславие 2. veın a 1. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets - напрасные сожаления vain …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
VAIN — 1. veın n уст. тщета; тщеславие 2. veın a 1. тщетный, напрасный, бесполезный vain regrets - напрасные сожаления vain attempt …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
HOPE — _I 1. həʋp n 1. надежда; чаяние vague hopes - смутные надежды hopes of success - надежды на успех hopes …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
VAIN — прил. 1) напрасный, бесполезный, тщетный It is vain to protest. — Протестовать бесполезно. Syn: futile , unavailing 2) поверхностный, пустой; …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
HOPE — I həup 1. сущ. надежда ( на что-л. ) in, with the hope — в надежде beyond, past hope — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
VAIN — прил. 1) напрасный, бесполезный, тщетный It is vain to protest. — Протестовать бесполезно. Syn: futile, unavailing 2) поверхностный, пустой; показной Syn: empty, tawdry, ostentatious 3) тщеславный; самодовольный, самовлюблённый, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
HOPE — I [І†ЌЈ] Hope.wav 1. сущ. надежда (на что-л.) in, with the hope — в надежде beyond, past hope — (на это) нельзя надеяться to abandon …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
VAIN — _a. 1> тщетный; напрасный; vain efforts - напрасные усилия 2> пустой; суетный 3> мишурный, показной 4> тщеславный, полный самомнения; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
HOPE — _I 1. _n. надежда (of); vague hopes - смутные надежды; to pin one's hopes on smb., smth. - возлагать надежды …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
VAIN — a. 1. тщетный; напрасный; vain efforts - напрасные усилия 2. пустой; суетный 3. мишурный, показной 4. тщеславный, полный самомнения; to …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
HOPE — I 1. n. надежда (of); vague hopes - смутные надежды; to pin one's hopes on smb., smth. - возлагать надежды …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
VAIN — _a. 1> тщетный; напрасный; vain efforts напрасные усилия 2> пустой; суетный 3> мишурный, показной 4> тщеславный, полный самомнения; to be …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
HOPE — _I həup 1. _n. надежда (of); vague hopes смутные надежды; to be past (или beyond) hope быть в безнадёжном положении; …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
VAIN — прил. 1) напрасный, бесполезный It is vain to protest. ≈ Сопротивление бесполезно. Syn : futile, unavailing 2) поверхностный, пустой; показной …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
HOPE — I 1. сущ. надежда (for, in, of) in, with the hope ≈ в надежде beyond, past hope ≈ выше всяких …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь

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