how to pronounce hopeful

/ˈhoʊpfəl/

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hopeful is pronounced in two syllables

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hoʊpfəl

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An example use of hopeful in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… I just have to be hopeful I have to be …”

meanings of hopeful

adjective:

  1. Inspiring hope.
  2. Feeling hope.

noun:

  1. Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.

hopeful frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word hopeful occurs in english on average 11.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hopeful can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hopeful can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;

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