Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

overhope

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: over-hope
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.

Uncountable

noun

Hopefulness; sanguineness.

British usage; Uncountable

verb

To hope excessively; presume.

verb

To hope constantly.

British usage; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope."
"If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs."
"I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding …"

Etymology

From Middle English overhope, oferhope, equivalent to over- + hope.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: over
Root: overhope

Usage

Inflected Forms

overhopes (present, singular) overhoping (participle, present) overhoped (participle, past) overhoped (past)

Frequently Paired Words

underhope

Questions

What does overhope mean?: Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
Where does overhope come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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