Hope vs. May
Difference Between Hope and May
Hope➦
Hope is an optimistic state of mind that is based on an expectation of positive outcomes with respect to events and circumstances in one's life or the world at large. As a verb, its definitions include: "expect with confidence" and "to cherish a desire with anticipation."Among its opposites are dejection, hopelessness, and despair.
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May➦
May is the fifth month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars and the third of seven months to have a length of 31 days. May is a month of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Hope➦
To wish for a particular event that one considers possible
We are hoping for more financial support.
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May➦
expressing possibility
that may be true
he may well win
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Hope➦
(Archaic) To have confidence; trust.
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May➦
used to ask for or to give permission
may I ask a few questions?
you may confirm my identity with your Case Officer, if you wish
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Hope➦
To desire and consider possible
I hope that you will join us for dinner. We hope to buy a house in the spring.
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May➦
expressing a wish or hope
may she rest in peace
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Hope➦
The longing or desire for something accompanied by the belief in the possibility of its occurrence
He took singing lessons in the hope of performing in the musical.
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May➦
the fifth month of the year, in the northern hemisphere usually considered the last month of spring
the full system was deployed last May
the new model makes its showroom debut in May
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Hope➦
An instance of such longing or desire
Her hopes of becoming a doctor have not changed.
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May➦
A hawthorn or its blossoms.
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Hope➦
A source of or reason for such longing or desire
Good pitching is the team's only hope for victory.
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May➦
The fifth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar. See Table at calendar.
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Hope➦
often Hope(Christianity) The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.
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May➦
The springtime of life; youth.
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Hope➦
(Archaic) Trust; confidence.
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May➦
The celebration of May Day.
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Hope➦
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
I hope everyone enjoyed the meal.
I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
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May➦
To be strong; to have power (over).
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Hope➦
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
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May➦
To be able; can.
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Hope➦
(intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
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May➦
To be able to go.
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Hope➦
To wish.
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May➦
To have permission to, be allowed. Used in granting permission and in questions to make polite requests.
you may smoke outside;
may I sit there?
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Hope➦
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.
After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.
There is still hope that we can find our missing cat.
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May➦
Expressing a present possibility; possibly.
he may be lying;
Schrödinger's cat may or may not be in the box
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Hope➦
(countable) The actual thing wished for.
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May➦
Expressing a wish (with present subjunctive effect).
may you win;
may the weather be sunny
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Hope➦
(countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
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May➦
Used in modesty, courtesy, or concession, or to soften a question or remark.
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Hope➦
The virtuous desire for future good.
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May➦
To gather may, or flowers in general.
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Hope➦
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a combe.
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May➦
To celebrate May Day.
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Hope➦
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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May➦
The hawthorn bush or its blossoms.
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Hope➦
(Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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May➦
(archaic) A maiden.
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Hope➦
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
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May➦
An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb,
How may a man, said he, with idle speech,Be won to spoil the castle of his health!
For what he [the king] may do is of two kinds; what he may do as just, and what he may do as possible.
For of all sad words of tongue or penThe saddest are these: "It might have been."
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Hope➦
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
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May➦
Liberty; permission; allowance.
Thou mayst be no longer steward.
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Hope➦
A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy.
The hypocrite's hope shall perish.
He wished, but not with hope.
New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven.
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May➦
Contingency or liability; possibility or probability.
Though what he learns he speaks, and may advanceSome general maxims, or be right by chance.
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Hope➦
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good.
The Lord will be the hope of his people.
A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable.
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May➦
Modesty, courtesy, or concession, or a desire to soften a question or remark.
How old may Phillis be, you ask.
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Hope➦
That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Lavina is thine elder brother's hope.
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May➦
Desire or wish, as in prayer, imprecation, benediction, and the like.
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Hope➦
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; - usually followed by for.
But I will hope continually.
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May➦
A maiden.
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Hope➦
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; - usually followed by in.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God.
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May➦
The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.
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Hope➦
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of.
We hope no other from your majesty.
[Charity] hopeth all things.
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May➦
The early part or springtime of life.
His May of youth, and bloom of lustihood.
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Hope➦
To expect; to fear.
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May➦
The flowers of the hawthorn; - so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.
The palm and may make country houses gay.
Plumes that mocked the may.
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Hope➦
a specific instance of feeling hopeful;
it revived their hope of winning the pennant
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May➦
The merrymaking of May Day.
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Hope➦
the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled;
in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope
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May➦
the month following April and preceding June
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Hope➦
grounds for feeling hopeful about the future;
there is little or no promise that he will recover
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May➦
thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
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Hope➦
someone (or something) on which expectations are centered;
he was their best hope for a victory
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Hope➦
United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903)
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Hope➦
one of the three Christian virtues
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Hope➦
expect and wish;
I trust you will behave better from now on
I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise
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Hope➦
be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes;
I am still hoping that all will turn out well
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Hope➦
intend with some possibility of fulfilment;
I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening
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