Overhope
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Overhope is a noun meaning Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
Meaning
Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
More Meanings
- (UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.
- To hope excessively; presume.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.
Example Sentences
If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
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.
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 …
Word Forms
- overhopes
- overhoping
- overhoped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include overexpectation, overoptimism, overpresumption, overexuberance, overestimation, overconfidence.
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