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glimmer of hope

glimmer of hope noun: a good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.

Noun

glimmer of hope (plural glimmers of hope)

  1. A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
    • After more than a year of unrelenting bad economic numbers, we finally received a glimmer of hope.2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in A Promised Land, Crown
    Synonyms:
    dawn of hope, flicker of hope, gleam of hope, ray of hope, shimmer of hope, sign of hope, sliver of hope, spark of hope

glimmer of hope meaning in Arabic

glimmer of hope in Arabic

Translations
بصيص الأمل

Synonyms of glimmer of hope

Forms of glimmer of hope

pluralglimmers of hope

Questions about glimmer of hope

What does glimmer of hope mean?
Glimmer of hope means a good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
What is glimmer of hope in Arabic?
Glimmer of hope in Arabic is بصيص الأمل. See Glimmer of hope meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is glimmer of hope?
Glimmer of hope is a noun.
What is the plural of glimmer of hope?
The plural of glimmer of hope is glimmers of hope.

Words near glimmer of hope in the dictionary

  1. glimes
  2. glimflashy
  3. gliming
  4. glimmed
  5. glimmer
  6. glimmer of hope
  7. glimmer-gowk
  8. glimmer-gowks
  9. glimmered
  10. glimmerer
  11. glimmerers

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