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hope

  [hohp] noun, verb, hoped, hop⋅ing.
Use Hoping in a Sentence
–noun
1. the feeling that what is wanted can be had or that events will turn out for the best: to give up hope.
2. a particular instance of this feeling: the hope of winning.
3. grounds for this feeling in a particular instance: There is little or no hope of his recovery.
4. a person or thing in which expectations are centered: The medicine was her last hope.
5. something that is hoped for: Her forgiveness is my constant hope.
–verb (used with object)
6. to look forward to with desire and reasonable confidence.
7. to believe, desire, or trust: I hope that my work will be satisfactory.
–verb (used without object)
8. to feel that something desired may happen: We hope for an early spring.
9. Archaic. to place trust; rely (usually fol. by in).
—Idiom
10. hope against hope, to continue to hope, although the outlook does not warrant it: We are hoping against hope for a change in her condition.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE hopa; c. D hoop, G Hoffe; (v.) ME hopen, OE hopian

Related forms:
hoper, noun
hop⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. expectancy, longing. 8. See expect.
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hope   (hōp)   
v.   hoped, hop·ing, hopes

v.   intr.

  1. To wish for something with expectation of its fulfillment.

  2. Archaic To have confidence; trust.

v.   tr.

  1. To look forward to with confidence or expectation: We hope that our children will be successful.

  2. To expect and desire. See Synonyms at expect.

n.  

  1. A wish or desire accompanied by confident expectation of its fulfillment.

  2. Something that is hoped for or desired: Success is our hope.

  3. One that is a source of or reason for hope: the team's only hope for victory.

  4. often Hope Christianity The theological virtue defined as the desire and search for a future good, difficult but not impossible to attain with God's help.

  5. Archaic Trust; confidence.


[Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian.]
hop'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

hope 
O.E. hopian "wish, expect, look forward (to something)," of unknown origin, a general Low Ger. word (cf. O.Fris. hopia, M.L.G., M.Du. hopen; M.H.G. hoffen "to hope" was borrowed from Low Ger. Some suggest a connection with hop (v.) on the notion of "leaping in expectation."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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