hopeverb [ I or T ]
uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/A2 to want something to happen or to be true, and usually have a good reason to think that it might:
I'm hoping for an interview next week.
[ + (that) ] She's hoping (that) she won't be away too long.
I hope (that) she'll win.
We have to hope and pray (that) the operation will go well.
[ + to infinitive ] They hope to visit us next year.
It's good news, I hope.
"Will you be at the meeting tomorrow?" "I hope not/so".
Compare
wish verb
More examples
- I hope they get the punishment they deserve.
- What do you hope to gain from the course?
- I was hoping to leave work early today.
- She is hoping to get a loan from her bank to help her out of her financial predicament.
- Maggie sends her love and hopes you'll feel better soon.
Idiom(s)
hope against hope
hope for the best
hopenoun [ C or U ]
uk/həʊp/us/hoʊp/B1 something good that you want to happen in the future, or a confident feeling about what will happen in the future:
What are your hopes and dreams for the future?
Is there any hope of getting financial support for the project?
[ + that ] Is there any hope that they will be home in time?
Young people are growing up in our cities without any hope of finding a job.
His reply dashed (= destroyed) our hopes.
They have pinned (all) their hopes on (= they are depending for success on) their new player.
She's very ill, but there's still hope/we live in hope (= we think she might be cured).
The situation is now beyond/past hope (= unlikely to produce the desired result).
We never gave up hope (= stopped hoping) that she would be found alive.
The letter offered us a glimmer/ray of (= a little) hope.
I didn't phone until four o'clock in the hope that you'd be finished.
I don't hold out much hope of getting (= I don't expect to be able to get) a ticket.
More examples
- We still haven't given up hope of finding her alive.
- The latest violence has destroyed any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.
- The hope is that this area will develop into a vibrant commercial centre.
- The doctors gave him more powerful drugs in the hope that he might recover.
- There is still some hope that the economic blockade will work and make military intervention unnecessary.
Idiom(s)
not have a hope in hell