GREAT WHITE HOPE

Meaning of GREAT WHITE HOPE in English

(See The Great White Hope)

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

GREAT WHITE HOPE — n ( AmE ) any white boxer who was thought to have a chance of beating Jack Johnson , who …
Oxford Guide to British and American Culture English vocabulary
GREAT WHITE HOPE — See The Great White Hope
English Idioms vocabulary
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
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
GREAT — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
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
GREAT — I. ˈgrā]t, South often -re(ə)] or -rāə]; usu ]d.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
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
GREAT — — greatness , n. /grayt/ , adj., greater, greatest , adv., n., pl. greats , ( esp. collectively ) great …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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
GREAT — I. ˈgrāt, Southern also ˈgre(ə)t adjective Etymology: Middle English grete, from Old English grēat; akin to Old High German grōz …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
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
GREAT — superl pregnant; big (with young). 2. great ·noun the whole; the gross; as, a contract to build a ship by …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
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
GREAT — [great] adj [ME grete, fr. OE great; akin to OHG groz large] (bef. 12c) 1 a: notably large in size: …
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
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOPE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
HOPE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GREAT — I. great 1 S1 W1 /ɡreɪt/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative greater , superlative greatest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
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
GREAT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
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
GREAT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
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
GREAT
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOPE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GREAT — ( greater, greatest, greats) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE
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
GREAT — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a better/greater/deeper understanding ▪ All of this will lead to a better understanding of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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
GREAT — (GOOD) [adjective] -er, -est [informal] - very good; wonderfula great surprise/idea/reliefWe had a great time last night at the party.It's …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HOPE — n. Cape of Good Hope Franklin John Hope Good Hope Cape of Hope diamond Hope Bob Leslie Townes Hope
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
GREAT — adj. Alfred the Great Carolus Magnus Charles the Great Great Learning Herod the Great Stephen the Great Theodoric the Great …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOPE — Synonyms and related words : acceptation, acception, ache for, acquiescence, ambition, anticipate, anticipation, approach, ardor, aspire, aspire to, assumption, assurance, …
Moby 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
GREAT — adj. 25B6; adjective they showed great interest : CONSIDERABLE, substantial, significant, appreciable, special, serious; exceptional, extraordinary. a great expanse of …
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
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
GREAT — adj. 1 big, large, huge, immense, enormous, gigantic, giant, grand, extensive, prodigious, colossal, massive, vast, tremendous; spacious, capacious, mammoth, gargantuan, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
HOPE — verb 1 BAD : I hope that one day things would change. GOOD : I hope that one day things …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
WHITE
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
GREAT — 1. прил. 1) а) большой, огромный, крупный (по объему, силе и т.д.) great blot great masses of population great talker …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
GREAT — great.ogg 1. greıt n 1. (the great) 1> собир. сильные мира сего 2> великие писатели, классики 2. pl студ. жарг. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей

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