HOPEFULS

Noun

hopefuls

plural of hopeful

Source: Wiktionary


HOPEFUL

Hope"ful, a.

1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited. Hooker.

2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. "Hopeful scholars." Addison.

– Hope"ful*ly, adv.

– Hope"ful*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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