Meaning

2 senses

  1. To hope excessively; presume.

  2. (UK, dialectal, transitive)To hope constantly.

Origin

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

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

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Forms

overhopes, overhoping, overhoped, overhoped
Base formoverhope · to overhope
3rd person singularoverhopes
Present participleoverhoping
Past simpleoverhoped
Past participleoverhoped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoverhope
he, she, itoverhopes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoverhoped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overhoped
he, she, ithas overhoped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overhope

Word family

1 related words
Relatedunderhope

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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