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/həʊp//hoʊp/Definitions
To want something to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might.
Example: I am still hoping that all will turn out well.
To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in.
To wish.
Example: I hope you all the best.
/həʊp//hoʊp/Definitions
The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
Example: After losing my job, there's no hope of being able to afford my world cruise.
The actual thing wished for.
A person or thing that is a source of hope.
Example: We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.
The virtuous desire for future good.
/həʊp//hoʊp/Definitions
A hollow; a valley, especially the upper end of a narrow mountain valley when it is nearly encircled by smooth, green slopes; a comb.
/həʊp//hoʊp/Definitions
A sloping plain between mountain ridges.
A small bay; an inlet; a haven.