hopeful
part of speech
adjective (hopeful, more hopeful, most hopeful); noun (a hopeful, hopefuls)
meaning for a pupil
1) Feeling that something good will probably happen. tree →
2) Giving a reason to hope; promising, as in «a hopeful sign». tree →
3) (noun) A person who hopes to win or succeed, as in «Olympic hopefuls». tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it shows a character's feeling: «She was hopeful that her dog would come home.» In news and sport: «young hopefuls» trying for the team. In science, a «hopeful result» means it looks good but is not sure yet. Phrases: feel hopeful, a hopeful sign, remain hopeful.
examples
- I am hopeful that it will stop raining before the match. tree →
- The green shoots were a hopeful sign of spring. tree →
- Hundreds of hopefuls came to the singing audition. tree →
- He gave me a hopeful smile. tree →
- The doctors are hopeful she will get better soon. tree →
- We were hopeful but the shop had sold out. tree →
- The team is hopeful about the final. tree →
- The king was glad, and he and his people were more hopeful than they had ever been before. tree →
note
Opposite: hopeless. Adverb: hopefully — which also means «I hope that»: «Hopefully we will win.» Spelling: one l at the end (hopeful, not hopefull). Feeling hopeful does not make something certain.
In the corpora
- A silent e stays before an ending that starts with a consonant: hope, hopeful; move, movement.
- The suffix -ful has one l: careful, hopeful, beautiful.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «hopeful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.