What does hoping mean?
Hoping means present participle and gerund of hope.
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/ˈhoʊpɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of hope.
I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
The miserable man cast a wistful look towards the east, hoping to see the first faint streaks of day.
A hoping situation is not yet desolate.
Use hoping when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hoping means present participle and gerund of hope.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow.
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