hope
hope
(hoʊp )Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hopes , present participle hoping , past tense, past participle hoped
1. verb
If you hope that something is true, or if you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely.
She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray. [VERB]
He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation. [VERB + for]
I hope to get a job within the next two weeks. [VERB to-infinitive]
The researchers hope that such a vaccine could be available in about ten years' time. [VERB that]
'We'll speak again.'—'I hope so.' [V so/not]
'Will it happen again?'—'I hope not, but you never know.' [V so/not]
2. verb
If you say that you cannot hope for something, or if you talk about the only thing that you can hope to get, you mean that you are in a bad situation, and there is very little chance of improving it.
Things aren't ideal, but that's the best you can hope for. [VERB + for]
I always knew it was too much to hope for. [VERB for noun]
...these mountains, which no one can hope to penetrate. [VERB to-infinitive]
3. uncountable noun
Now that he has become President, many people once again have hope for genuine changes in the system.
But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit. [+ of]
Consumer groups still hold out hope that the president will change his mind.
Thousands of childless couples are to be given new hope by the government.
4. countable noun [NOUN that]
If someone wants something to happen, and considers it likely or possible, you can refer to their hopes of that thing, or to their hope that it will happen.
They have hopes of increasing trade between the two regions. [+ of]
The delay in the programme has dashed Japan's hopes of commercial success in space. [+ of]
My hope is that, in the future, I will go over there and marry her.
5. countable noun
If you think that the help or success of a particular person or thing will cause you to be successful or to get what you want, you can refer to them as your hope.
...England's last hope in the English Open Table Tennis Championships.
Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana.
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