FORLORN HOPE

Meaning of FORLORN HOPE in English

Function: noun

Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band

Date: 1579

1 : a body of men selected to perform a perilous service

2 : a desperate or extremely difficult enterprise

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

FORLORN HOPE — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band Date: 1579 a body of men selected to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FORLORN HOPE — noun Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band 1. a. : a body of men selected …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORLORN HOPE — 1. a perilous or desperate enterprise. 2. a vain hope. 3. Obs. a group of soldiers assigned to perform some …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORLORN HOPE — desperate or perilous undertaking; vain hope; group of soldiers selected to perform a dangerous mission
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FORLORN HOPE — Etymology: by folk etymology from Dutch verloren hoop, literally, lost band Date: 1579 1. : a body of men selected …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FORLORN HOPE — a persistent or desperate hope that is unlikely to be fulfilled. [C16: from Du. verloren hoop 'lost troop', orig. denoting …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FORLORN HOPE — [forlorn hope] n [by folk etymology fr. D verloren hoop, lit., lost band] (1579) 1: a body of men selected …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FORLORN HOPE — A gamester's last stake.
Slang English vocab
FORLORN HOPE — 1. Vanguard, skirmishers, advanced body of troops, enfants perdus . 2. Desperate case, doubtful enterprise, hazardous adventure.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
FORLORN HOPE — 1) очень слабая надежда 2) безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. 3) воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель очень …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORLORN HOPE — 1. 1> очень слабая надежда to cherish a forlorn hope - питать слабую надежду 2> отчаянное, безнадёжное предприятие; гиблое дело …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FORLORN HOPE — 1) очень слабая надежда 2) безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. 3) воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FORLORN HOPE — 1. 1) очень слабая надежда to cherish a ~ - питать слабую надежду 2) отчаянное, безнадёжное предприятие; гиблое дело 2. …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FORLORN HOPE — 1. 1> очень слабая надежда to cherish a forlorn hope - питать слабую надежду 2> отчаянное, безнадёжное предприятие; гиблое дело …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FORLORN HOPE — очень слабая надежда, безнадежное дело, безнадежное предприятие
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FORLORN HOPE — очень слабая надежда, безнадежное дело, безнадежное предприятие
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FORLORN HOPE — 1) очень слабая надежда 2) безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. 3) воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FORLORN HOPE — 1) очень слабая надежда 2) безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. 3) воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FORLORN HOPE — а> очень слабая надежда б> безнадежное предприятие тж. _воен. в> _воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
FORLORN HOPE — а. очень слабая надежда б. безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. в. воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
FORLORN HOPE — 1) очень слабая надежда 2) безнадежное предприятие тж. воен. 3) воен. отряд, выполняющий опасное задание или обреченный на гибель очень …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FORLORN — abandonat, sin auxilie, solitari
English interlingue dictionary
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
FORLORN — I. fə(r)ˈlȯ(ə)rn, -ȯ(ə)n adjective ( often -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English forloren, forlorn (past participle of forlesen, forleosen to lose), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FORLORN — (n.) A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
Английский словарь Webster
FORLORN — ( n. ) A forlorn hope; a vanguard.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HOPE — — hoper , n. — hopingly , adv. /hohp/ , n. , v. , hoped, hoping . n. 1. the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FORLORN — — forlornly , adv. — forlornness , n. /fawr lawrn"/ , adj. 1. desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as …
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
FORLORN — adjective Etymology: Middle English forloren, from Old English, past participle of forlēosan to lose, from for- + lēosan to lose …
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
FORLORN — noun a forlorn hope; a vanguard. 2. forlorn ·vt deserted; abandoned; lost. 3. forlorn ·- of forlese. 4. forlorn ·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
FORLORN — forlorn BrE AmE fə ˈlɔːn ( ˌ ) fɔː- AmE \ f ə r ˈlɔːrn ˌfɔːr- ▷ forlorn|ly li ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HOPE
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORLORN — / fəˈlɔːn; NAmE fərˈlɔːrn/ adjective 1. ( of a person ) appearing lonely and unhappy : She looked so forlorn, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HOPE
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FORLORN — for ‧ lorn /fəˈlɔːn $ fərˈlɔːrn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Language: Old English ; Origin: past participle of forleosan 'to …
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
FORLORN — adj. 1 sad and abandoned or lonely. 2 in a pitiful state; of wretched appearance. 3 desperate, hopeless, forsaken. øforlorn …
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
FORLORN — adj. 1 sad and abandoned or lonely. 2 in a pitiful state; of wretched appearance. 3 desperate, hopeless, forsaken. forlorn …
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
FORLORN — adj.1 sad and abandoned or lonely. 2 in a pitiful state; of wretched appearance. 3 desperate, hopeless, forsaken. Phrases and …
Oxford English vocab
HOPE
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FORLORN — 1. If someone is forlorn , they feel alone and unhappy. ( LITERARY ) One of the demonstrators, a young …
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
FORLORN — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a vain/forlorn hope (= hope for something that is impossible ) ▪ He traveled south …
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
FORLORN — [adjective] [esp. literary] - alone and unhappy; left alone and not cared fora forlorn look/facea forlorn and forgotten house/garden(esp. literary) …
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
FORLORN — adj. Function: adjective 1 dejected and saddened especially by reason of being alone FF1C; a forlorn lost child FF1E; Synonyms: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
FORLORN — adjective 1. dejected and saddened especially by reason of being alone a forlorn lost child Synonyms: lonely, lonesome, lorn Related …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HOPE
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FORLORN — adj. VERBS ▪ be , feel , look , seem , sound , stand ▪ The house stood ~ and …
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
FORLORN — adj. 25B6; adjective he sounded forlorn : UNHAPPY, sad, miserable, sorrowful, dejected, despondent, disconsolate, wretched, abject, down, downcast, dispirited, downhearted, …
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
FORLORN — adj. 1 miserable, wretched, desolate, woebegone, lost, pitiable, pitiful, pathetic, woeful, cheerless, joyless, unhappy, depressed, sad, desolate, disconsolate, gloomy, lugubrious, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary

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