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verb · transitive

overhope

overhope · overhopes · overhoped · overhoping

To hope excessively; presumeTo hope excessively; presume.

Meaning

2 senses

To hope excessively; presume.
(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 form	overhope · to overhope
3rd person singular	overhopes
Present participle	overhoping
Past simple	overhoped
Past participle	overhoped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	overhope
he, she, it	overhopes

Past simpleLesson

all persons

overhoped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have overhoped
he, she, it	has overhoped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will overhope

Word family

1 related words

Relatedunderhope

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

overhead overhearB2 overheat overkill overlapB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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