HOPE AGAINST HOPE

Meaning of HOPE AGAINST HOPE in English

continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive.

English idioms vocab. Словарь английских идиом и выражений. 2012

HOPE AGAINST HOPE — phrasal to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — phrasal : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — hope with little reason
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — : to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — to hope without any basis for expecting fulfillment
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — cling to a mere possibility. → hope
Concise Oxford English vocab
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — {v. phr.} To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. * /The mother continued …
Slang English vocab
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — {v. phr.} To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. * /The mother continued …
Словарь английских идиом
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — v. phr. To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. The mother continued to …
American Idioms English vocabulary
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — надеяться вопреки всему
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
HOPE AGAINST HOPE — надеяться вопреки всему
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
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
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
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
HOPE — noun a small bay; an inlet; a haven. 2. hope ·noun a sloping plain between mountain ridges. 3. hope ·noun …
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
HOPE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOPE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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
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
HOPE — n. & v. --n. 1. (in sing. or pl.; often foll. by of, that) expectation and desire combined, e.g. for …
Oxford English vocab
HOPE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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
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
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
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
HOPE — verb 1 BAD : I hope that one day things would change. GOOD : I hope that one day things …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
HOPE — I 1. сущ. надежда (for, in, of) in, with the hope ≈ в надежде beyond, past hope ≈ выше всяких …
Большой 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
HOPE — I həup 1. сущ. надежда ( на что-л. ) in, with the hope — в надежде beyond, past hope — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
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
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
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
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
HOPE — I 1. сущ. надежда (for, in, of) in, with the hope ≈ в надежде beyond, past hope ≈ выше всяких …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGAINST — I. əˈgen(t)st, -nzt also -ān- or ( less often in stand than in substand speech ) -in- preposition Etymology: Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGAINST — (prep.) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in …
Английский словарь Webster
AGAINST — ( prep. ) In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — /euh genst", euh gaynst"/ , prep. 1. in opposition to; contrary to; adverse or hostile to: twenty votes against ten; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGAINST — I. ə-ˈgen(t)st, -ˈgin(t)st, -ˈgān(t)st preposition Etymology: Middle English, alteration of againes, from again Date: 13th century 1. a. : in …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AGAINST — prep by of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. 2. …
Webster English vocab
AGAINST — / əˈgenst; NAmE ; əˈgeɪnst/ preposition HELP NOTE : For the special uses of against in phrasal verbs, look at …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — a ‧ gainst S1 W1 /əˈɡenst, əˈɡeɪnst $ əˈɡenst/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: againes 'against' (11-16 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGAINST — prep. 1 in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGAINST — prep. 1. in opposition to (fight against the invaders; am against hanging; arson is against the law). 2 into collision …
Oxford English vocab
AGAINST — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: In addition to the uses shown …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGAINST — preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES against all odds (= despite something seeming very unlikely ) ▪ Against all odds, he …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AGAINST — (TOUCHING) [preposition] - next to and touching or being supported by (something)It would save space if we put the bed …
Cambridge English vocab
AGAINST — adv. butt against inveigh against over against rise against
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — adv. Function: preposition 1 directly opposite FF1C; stood against the crowd and shouted for order FF1E; Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AGAINST — preposition 1. directly opposite stood against the crowd and shouted for order Synonyms: contra, facing, fronting, over against, toward, vis-à-vis …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — • ↑ as against • ↑ be against • ↑ be against/be opposed to • ↑ come up against • …
Longman Activator English vocab
AGAINST — adv. 25B6; preposition a number of delegates were against the motion : OPPOSED TO, in opposition to, hostile to, averse …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AGAINST — предл. 1) значение нахождения на определенном месте, в определенной позиции а) прямо напротив, лицом к, перед чем-л. тж. over against …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGAINST — against.ogg əʹge(ı)nst prep указывает на 1. противодействие чему-л. или несогласие с чем-л. 1> против to fight against smb., smth. - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGAINST — against предл.1) значение нахождения на определенном месте, в определенной позиции а) прямо напротив, лицом к, перед чем-л. тж. over against …
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