WHITE HOPE

Meaning of WHITE HOPE in English

noun

1. slang : a white contender for a pugilistic championship held by a colored person

2. : one of which much is expected ; especially : a person undertaking a difficult task

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

WHITE HOPE — noun Date: 1911 a white contender for a boxing championship held by a black, one from whom much is expected
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE HOPE — 1. a person who is expected to accomplish much in a given field: the white hope of the American theater. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE HOPE — Date: 1911 1. : a white contender for a boxing championship held by a black ; also : one who …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE HOPE — Function: noun Date: 1911 1 : a white contender for a boxing championship held by a black also : one …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE HOPE — (also great ~ ) ■ noun a person who is expected to bring much success to a team or organization. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE HOPE — [white hope] n (1911) 1: a white contender for a boxing championship held by a black; also: one who is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE HOPE — noun [ sing. ] ( informal ) a person who is expected to bring success to a team, an organization, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE HOPE — лицо, на которое возлагаются большие надежды
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE HOPE — 1. амер. разг. белый претендент на звание чемпиона по боксу, принадлежащее негру 2. лицо, на которое возлагаются большие надежды
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE HOPE — 1. амер. разг. белый претендент на звание чемпиона по боксу, принадлежащее негру 2. лицо, на которое возлагаются большие надежды
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
WHITE HOPE — 1. амер. разг. белый претендент на звание чемпиона по боксу, принадлежащее негру 2. лицо, на которое возлагаются большие надежды
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE HOPE — большая надежда
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WHITE HOPE — большая надежда
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
WHITE HOPE — n infml This is our great white hope — Мы возлагаем на него большие надежды Our white hope wrecked his knee on …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики - Глазунов
WHITE HOPE — n infml This is our great white hope — Мы возлагаем на него большие надежды Our white hope wrecked his …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современной разговорной лексики
WHITE HOPE — white hope n infml This is our great white hope Мы возлагаем на него большие надежды Our white hope wrecked …
Англо-Русский новый словарь современного неформального английского языка
WHITE HOPE — This is our great white hope — Мы возлагаем на него большие надежды Our white hope wrecked his knee on …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь современного неформального английского
WHITE HOPE — лицо, на которое возлагаются большие надежды
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля (в факсимильной связи) • - base white - bleeding white whites - carbon white - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHITE — 1) белый 2) вазелиновый 3) несмоленый 4) пшеничный 5) светлый • bring to white heat — нагревать до белого каления white noise generator — генератор белого шума - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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