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hopedict

hopedict verb: to predict (an outcome) not because one finds it probable but because one prefers it. To predict with optimism.

Verb

hopedict (third-person singular simple present hopedicts, present participle hopedicting, simple past and past participle hopedicted)

  1. To predict (an outcome) not because one finds it probable but because one prefers it. To predict with optimism.

Forms of hopedict

third-person singular presenthopedicts
present participlehopedicting
past participlehopedicted
pasthopedicted

Origin of hopedict

Blend of hope + predict.

Questions about hopedict

What does hopedict mean?
Hopedict means to predict (an outcome) not because one finds it probable but because one prefers it. To predict with optimism.
What part of speech is hopedict?
Hopedict is a verb.
What is the past tense of hopedict?
The past tense of hopedict is hopedicted.

Words near hopedict in the dictionary

  1. hoped
  2. hoped against hope
  3. hoped for
  4. hoped-for
  5. Hopedale
  6. hopedict
  7. hopedicted
  8. hopedicting
  9. hopediction
  10. hopedicts
  11. hopedst

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