Hope

Quick meaning: Hope is a verb meaning (catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].

Meaning

(catenative) To intend to do something and look forward to the prospect of having done it [with to (+ infinitive)].

More Meanings

1. (intransitive) To expect optimistically that one might get something (either a change in circumstance or an object) [with for].
2. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good [with in].
3. (transitive, dialectal, nonstandard) To wish.
4. (countable or uncountable) The feeling of trust, confidence, belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
5. (countable) The actual thing wished for.
6. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.
7. To want (something) to happen, with a sense of expectation that it might [with that (+ clause); or (informal) with clause; or with so or (negative) not].

Example Sentences

— Is he going to shut up soon? — I hope so.

He's still hoping that everything will turn out fine.

They are hoping it does not rain, but I expect it will.

I hope {to - (that) I'll} have finished by next Sat at the latest.

Word Forms

• hopes
• hoping
• hoped
• hopest
• hopedst
• hopeth

Synonyms for hope

Depending on context, synonyms include desire, trust, promise.

Antonyms for hope

Common opposites include despair.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include desire, trust, promise, intend, wish, wishing.

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