how to pronounce hope

/həʊp/

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hope is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of hope in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… it's I just wish I hope I wish I'd do it …”

meaning of hope

Hope is a feeling of expectation for a desired outcome.

hope frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word hope occurs in english on average 177.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hope 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 hope can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;