Hope

hope

hōp/

noun

noun: hope; plural noun: hopes

1. 1.

   a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.

   "he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information"

   synonyms:aspiration, desire, wish, expectation, ambition, aim, goal, plan, design; More

   dream, daydream, pipe dream

   "I had high hopes"

   • a person or thing that may help or save someone.

     "their only hope is surgery"

   • grounds for believing that something good may happen.

     "he does see some hope for the future"

     synonyms:hopefulness, optimism, expectation, expectancy; More

     confidence, faith, trust, belief, conviction, assurance;

     promise, possibility

     "a life filled with hope"

     antonyms:pessimism

2. 2.

   archaic

   a feeling of trust.

verb

verb: hope; 3rd person present: hopes; past tense: hoped; past participle: hoped; gerund or present participle: hoping

1. 1.

   want something to happen or be the case.

   "he's hoping for an offer of compensation"

   synonyms:expect, anticipate, look for, be hopeful of, pin one's hopes on, want; More

   wish for, long for, dream of

   "he's hoping for a medal"

   • intend if possible to do something.

     "we're hoping to address all these issues"

     synonyms:aim, intend, be looking, have the intention, have in mind, plan, aspire

     "we're hoping to address the issue"

Origin

late Old English hopa (noun), hopian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hoop (noun), hopen (verb), and German hoffen (verb).