Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

high hopes

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables: high- hopes
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.

Example Sentences

"Just what makes that little old ant / Think he'll move a big rubber plant? / Anyone knows an ant can't / Move a rubber tree plant / But he's got high hopes, he's got high hopes / he's got high apple pie, in the sky hopes[…]"
"Living life is fun and we've just begun / To get our share of this world's delights / High hopes we have for the future"
"So I waited with high hopes / And she walked in the place / I knew her smile in an instant"

Questions

What does high hopes mean?: The optimistic belief that an aim or goal will be achieved.

How to pronounce high hopes

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