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Meaning of overhope | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
    uncountable
  2. Hopefulness; sanguineness.
    UK, dialectal, uncountable

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

overhours overhumanization Overhung overhunting overhydration overhype

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